Article: IRAQIS TAKING THE LEAD IN BASRAH

Article: Iraq's prime minister says multinational forces ...
AP Worldstream;  July 12, 2005 ;     532 words ... ... the complete withdrawal of multinational forces at this time. Prime Minister ... the process of withdrawing multinational forces from these cities to outside ... provinces could be handed over to Iraqi control by early 2006," which would ...

Article: AN NAJAF NOW UNDER PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control in a ceremony in ... Iraqi government and Multinational Forces - Iraq to systematically ... transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control and is Iraq's fourth ... transferred full Provincial Iraqi Control to the provinces ...

Article: U.S. turning Karbala over to Iraqi control
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Iraq's 18 provinces to revert to Iraqi control, despite President Bush's prediction ... armed groups without the help of the multinational forces. We were able to restore security ... we can work independently from the multinational forces," he said. In January, Bush announced ...

Article: Iraq says it needs multinational force to stay but wants U.N. ...
AP Worldstream;  June 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... nations in insisting that a U.N. resolution ensure greater Iraqi control over its own security. Hoshyar Zebari appeared before ... government wants "a clear reference to the status of the multinational forces, their operations, their relations with the Iraqi national ...

Article: UN extends mandate of multinational forces in Iraq
Xinhua News Agency;  June 1, 2005 ;     437 words ...UN extends mandate of multinational forces in Iraq UNITED NATIONS ... mandate of the US-led multinational forces in Iraq until the completion ... continuation of the mandate of the multinational forces in Iraq in accordance with ...

Article: More multinational forces arrive in Uganda for ...
Xinhua News Agency;  June 26, 2003 ;     465 words ...More multinational forces arrive in Uganda for peacekeeping ... night to join the French-led multinational forces in Bunia in Ituri region in ... troops are expected to join the multinational forces next week, Capt. Frederic ...

Article: Allawi says multinational forces needed in Iraq
Xinhua News Agency;  January 23, 2005 ;     417 words ...Allawi says multinational forces needed in Iraq LONDON, Jan ... Allawi said on Sunday that multinational forces are still needed in Iraq ... international community and the multinational forces and to discuss later on a ...