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Iraqis eager for responsibility, U.S. Ambassador says
Tuesday, 31 October 2006
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bill Straily completes paperwork after delivering 100 new uniforms to the Diwaniyah Iraqi police SWAT team, Oct. 22, 2006. The U.S. Army Military Police Brigade Police Transition Team assists in the training.   U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price

WASHINGTON
— Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is eager to take more responsibility for his country’s security, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, said today.

Currently, two Iraqi Army divisions are completely under Iraqi control, though Iraq controls its police forces.

“He wants to have appropriate capability and command and control of forces,” Khalilzad told Wolf Blitzer, host of CNN’s “Late Edition.” “We welcome his desire to have more forces, to have more capable and credible forces, and for him to have command and control of Iraqi Forces that are currently under coalition control.”

A plan already existed to transfer command and control, how to increase Iraqi Forces’ capabilities and for the Iraqi Government to assume responsibility for its country’s security over time, Khalilzad said. Maliki and President Bush yesterday created a U.S. and Iraqi committee to address how that goal can be achieved on an accelerated schedule.

“We are looking at how to expedite that, given the prime minister’s desire for this to happen as quickly as possible, a development that we welcome and we embrace,” Khalilzad said.

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4th Iraqi Army accomplishing goals
Col. Tariq the Deputy G-3 for the 4th Iraqi Army Division based at Forward Operating Base Dagger explains his mission and his goals for the Iraqi Army and how the U.S. is assisting in their transition to becoming a stand alone army. Official Department of Defense photo.TIKRIT — On the historic green banks of the Tigris River near Saddam Hussein’s birthplace stands the palace the 4th Iraqi Army Division Headquarters calls home.

It is arguably the smallest of the palaces built under the Saddam regime, but it is still an impressive structure. They call it...
 
Engineer works with Iraqis, produces results

Margaret Williams greets Iraqi Brig. Gen. Saad Ali Ati during an April 12 ribbon cutting ceremony for the new barracks for the Iraqi 609th National Guard Battalion, a $9.9 million project. Official U.S. Army photo.THI QAR — For her colleagues, it is difficult to imagine a day at work without Margaret Williams, project engineer with the Thi Qar Residence Office of the Gulf Region South District.

Williams has proven the only thing that outshines her kindness is her dedication to helping the Iraqi people.

 
Iraqi Forces disrupt kidnapping cell
Capt. Patsky Gomez, operations officer, 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, Military Transition Team, Iraqi Assistance Group, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, who hails from Queens, N.Y., scans his sector from the turret of a humvee in eastern Abu Ghuraib Oct. 27 as Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Bde., 6th IAD, conduct a cordon and search operation.  Official Department of Defense photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Lovel.WASHINGTON — Iraqi police forces captured members of a murder and kidnapping cell and the leadership of an illegal armed group in separate operations Oct. 25.

Special Iraqi Police forces conducted an early-morning raid in the Hillah area to capture members of a murder and kidnapping cell wanted by the Ministry of the Interior. Iraqi Forces and Coalition advisors, arrived at the objective and gained entry to several locations where 11 suspected members of the cell were found and detained.

 

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