Sunday, April 25, 2010
Iraq says Sadr security help not needed
Family members of Alaa Hussein, 27, prepare his grave in Najaf in Iraq. He was among 69 killed in a series of bombings on Friday. (AP)
The Iraqi Government said yesterday that an offer by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr to help boost security at strategic sites was unnecessary, in the wake of anti-Shiite attacks in Baghdad.
"I don't think we are lacking men in the security forces, what we are lacking is intelligence," said the prime minister's spokesman, Ali Al Mussawi. "We do not believe that security has reached its highest level and there are still deficiencies, but these can be resolved with the support of everyone and [not] by certain mistaken declarations from politicians about the security forces,"he said.
http://www.business24-7.ae/news/region/iraq-says-sadr-security-help-not-needed-2010-04-25-1.236309
