Iraq troops in charge of security 'by 2007'

Iraqi troops will be ready to take charge of security in the country by the end of next year, so this month’s UN Security Council extension of the mandate for multinational force in Iraq could be the last, Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said today.

Speaking on Al-Jazeera Television, Jabr criticised attacks against foreign forces in Iraq, saying: “What is happening in Iraq has nothing to do with resistance but it is terrorism. They try to target an American tank and it (bomb) could hit the target once but misses dozens of times and explode in the middle of our people.”