* Uphill challenge to protect vital oilfields, refineries * Oil security forces face shortages, need training By Ulf Laessing and Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (Reuters) - When Major General Hamid ...

A gun battle erupted in Iraq's capital of Baghdad on Sunday between police and fighters from a state-sanctioned paramilitary force that includes Iran-backed groups, killing at least one police officer ...

The Iraqi police force remains riddled with corruption and incompetence, a year after the Bush administration declared the “year of the police” in a campaign to make the cop on the beat a trusted law ...

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