Iraqi leader presses US to replace private security firm
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq demanded yesterday that the US Embassy replace the private security company Blackwater USA after a shootout last weekend reportedly left 11 Iraqis dead.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out yesterday at US lawmakers who have called on him to step down, and accused American forces of committing "big mistakes" in killing and detaining Iraqi civilians in the hunt for insurgents.
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Former interim Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, who is trying to put together a new coalition to replace the current Baghdad government headed by Nouri al-Maliki, said yesterday that a powerful Washington lobbying firm is working on his behalf, funded by an Iraqi whom he cannot identify.
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The president is facing intense pressure to adjust an Iraq strategy that most experts conclude is failing.
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The Iraqi government said Tuesday it would review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in a fatal shooting
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Foreign minister to remind the US of its responsibility to help build Iraqi forces.
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WASHINGTON: The US did not have enough troops in Iraq to secure the country and paid a heavy price for the mistake, the former head of the US civilian administration in Baghdad has said.
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Iraq will be ready to take over security from U.S. forces "any time" they decide to withdraw, although its police and army still need more training, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in remarks over the weekend.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised Wednesday that American security contractors would be held accountable for opening fire on Iraqis in downtown Baghdad last weekend.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki is pressing Washington to give his military more weapons, with ordinary soldiers complaining they are often outgunned by heavily armed militants.
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IRAQI Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today appealed to global leaders to help his nation defeat terrorism as the world awaited the fate of British hostage Kenneth Bigley and woke to news of more kidnappings.
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Iraq's prime minister sharply criticized a U.S.-Iraqi attack Monday on a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad, breaking with his American partners on security tactics as the United States launches a major operation to secure the capital.
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A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be more tightly curbed under government control.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other high ranking officials sought to reassure Iraqis after Fridayâs pet market bombings.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told lawmakers Monday that Iraqi forces were not ready to take over security from the U.S. military across the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suggested on Wednesday the U.S. embassy stop using American security firm Blackwater after a deadly shooting and said he would not allow Iraqis to be killed in "cold blood".
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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister has made security his top priority, but violence is so pervasive that it may take months &amp;#151; if not years &amp;#151; before he keep that promise without help from American troops.