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| Iraq forms a new counter-terrorism agency |
| 2006-10-18 |
| (KUNA) -- The undersecretary- of the Iraqi Interior Ministry for Intelligence Affairs Lieutenant-General Rashid Fleih said Tuesday that a separate counter-terrorism agency had been created in Iraq. Fleih, who was speaking at a news conference, said the new agency has not yet been given an official name. But its main objective was to combat terrorism. He said the new agency would answer directly to the Interior Ministry. "The decision to set up the new agency was made following a recent meeting of the Joint Arab Interior Ministers. The purpose of the new agency is to gather information on terrorists, their locations, their moves and their supply lines," Fleih said. He said he was hopeful the agency would be lucky in curtailing terrorism "as we were lucky in creating special intervention forces." He added that new recruits for the agency would have to comprise "competent elements who have the expertise and military intelligence training." He stressed that there were several young potential recruits in the ministry and "we shall choose the best of them as the nucleus of the new force." He called on politicians not to interfere in the selection of members of the new agency. |
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