Iraq PM: Forces capable of securing nation
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday he believed Iraqi forces were capable of taking over security around the country within 18 months, but he did not mention a timetable for U.S.-led coalition forces to leave.
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LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is talking security with his counterpart from Iraq.
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Improved security in Baghdad has pulled Iraq back from the brink of all-out civil war but security forces must not relax in the battle against threats such as al Qaeda, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.
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Security cannot be truly established in Iraq until the country's own police, armed forces and other security organisations are firmly in place, Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Salih said.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gives a keynote speech on government policy and the challenges facing Iraq before its elections to members of the Iraqi National Assembly in Baghdad, October 18.
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On the eve of his first visit to the United States, Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, denied yesterday that the insurgency battling U.S.-led troops and Iraqi forces  was gaining momentum or spreading, despite the escalating violence and death toll.
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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki shrugs off US criticism of slow progress saying it is understandable in the face of violence.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country can play a major role in bringing security to Iraq.
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On the day of a deadly attack against U.S. troops, Iraq's finance minister said Tuesday he saw signs of improvement in his country's security.
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Iraq's army and police could be ready to take over security in all 18 provinces by the end of this year as the U.S. military moves toward a less prominent role in the country, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that the increased effort to provide security in Baghdad had gone exceedingly well so far.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- A day before his meeting here with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , President Bush said yesterday that despite the lively debate in Congress and among the US American public about the way forward in Iraq, he will not withdraw US troops until Iraq is stable enough to protect itself.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s leader says there is now one less militant group operating in his country. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (EE&#39;-yahd ah-LAH&#39;-wee) says key members of a group called Mohammed&#39;s Army are under
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Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday told insurgents fighting his U.S.-backed government to accept an olive branch or face a security crackdown that will cover "every inch" of Iraq.
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Iraq's prime minister Monday touted his government's efforts in thwarting "sectarian war" and acknowledged that Iraqi troops are not yet ready to fully take over security duties from the U.S.-led coalition.
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SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday that national security and keeping Australia&#39;s booming economy strong would be the priorities of his fourth term, and that he had no plans for major changes in the number of troops Australia has in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD In his first speech before the interim national assembly here, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi gave a sobering account Tuesday of the threat posed by the insurgency, saying that the country&#39;s instability was a &quot;source of worry for many people&quot; and that