Iraq’s PM lays plan to confront security challenges

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, at his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has presided over a broad meeting for the leading Security Commanders and some Provincial Governors and Army Divisions Commanders, with the presence of the Acting Defense Minister, to discuss plans to confront the security situation in general, according to a government statement on Thursday. “The meeting, chaired by Maliki and attended by the Governors and Officials of Kirkuk, Thi- Qar, Salahal-Din, Missan, Ninewa and Muthanna Provinces, has discussed the security conditions in those provinces and measures to control the security situation and close the possible loopholes that the terrorists try to sneak through to commit their crimes,” the statement confirmed. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has called for “further coordination and cooperation among the local administrations, Army and Security Bodies, reiterating the cooperation by citizen with the Security men, that began to rise up over the past period, thing that would enable the liquidation of terrorists and their criminal plans.” SKH (PT) 2883