Caldwell: Najaf security will turn over to Iraqis Thursday; all Iraqi security forces will be under

[maddezmom]

Caldwell: Najaf security will turn over to Iraqis Thursday; all Iraqi security forces will be under prime minister's control by next summer
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Multinational forces will turn over control of security to Iraqi forces in Najaf province by next Thursday, Maj. Gen. William Caldwell announced Sunday, and all Iraqi security forces will be under the Iraqi prime minister's control by next summer.

Caldwell, a top U.S. military official in Baghdad, added that as of Dec. 21, multinational troops would no longer have a visible presence or conduct routine operations in Najaf.

They would not, however, completely withdraw from the province.

more:http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/17/sunday/index.html?section=cnn_latest

'We're seeing positive results'
By William B. Caldwell IV
more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20061215/cm_usatoday/wereseeingpositiveresults

Brisk market for burial shrouds in Iraq holy city-Najaf
more:http://www.todayonline.com/articles/161303.asp

[necso]

1. "...all Iraqi security forces will be under

prime minister's {nominal, maybe} control by next summer."

[LynnTheDem]

2. "We can't control the mess we've created, so we're handing the mess

over to the Iraqis."

[Vinca]

3. "Declare victory and get out." - George Aiken. nt

[maddezmom]

4. guess things are going so well, turnover a day early

Well see:eyes:

Holy city of Najaf to be handed over to Iraqis
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities imposed a vehicle ban in the holy city of Najaf, seat of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite clerics, as U.S.-led forces prepared to hand it over to Iraqi control on Wednesday.

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The province of Najaf is the third of Iraq's 18 provinces to be transferred to Iraqi security forces. Whether it can remain calm will be a key test for the Iraqi government and for U.S. hopes of handing over the rest of the country and withdrawing.

To guard against a possible attack by insurgents, officials ordered vehicles off the city's streets and put police on every street corner ahead of the ceremony, which is to be attended by senior Iraqi officials.

Iraqi police and soldiers gathered in a football stadium, venue of the handover ceremony, as music blared from speakers.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/wl_nm/iraq_najaf_handover_dc

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. So We Have How Many "Level One" Soldiers, General?

fuck off and retire, useless shitbird.