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Iraqi minister says security impossible without access to necessary means

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Baghdad, April 3, IRNA -- Iraqi Interior Minister Nuri Badran said on 
Saturday security cannot be established in the war-torn Iraq without 
having access to necessary means. 
Speaking in an interview with IRNA reporter, Badran said the Iraqi
police and law enforcement authorities are in dire need of means and 
they are facing a deep shortage of resources. 
He said the Iraqi authorities are not able to establish security 
in Iraq in time of transfer of power to the Iraqi leaders. 
Asked whether the United States has allocated some budget to 
equip the Iraqi police, Badran said the Iraqi interior ministry has 
not yet received any money from the US government in this connection. 
He said the Iraqi police is facing with problems such as lack of 
coordination among its personnel and the security units staff, lack 
of an effective intelligence service and sophisticated equipment and 
telecommunications means. 
Badran went on to say that even after the transfer of power to 
Iraqi authorities, the latter need the support and assistance of the 
coalition forces to establish security in the war-ruined nation. 
He added,"There are still many criminal bands in Iraq which are 
armed with modern military hardware and sophisticated rifles and 
machine-guns and the Iraqi police cannot control them effectively and 
on its own. 
The Iraqi police lack even the bullet-proof jackets, armored 
vehicles which are strictly necessary for establishing security in 
the country." 
Nuri Badran is to arrive in Tehran Saturday evening on a four-day 
visit to discuss bilateral security and border issues and to finalize 
the issue of visits by Iranian pilgrims to Iraq`s holy sites. 
Badran, heading a political and security delegation, is scheduled 
to confer with Iranian officials including his Iranian counterpart 
Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari. 
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