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Byline: Joseph Curl and David W. Jones, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
HOUSTON - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said yesterday that his nation is prepared to train policemen - "as many as they can bring" - to secure Iraq's major cities, but that U.S. forces should pull back from populated areas after a planned June 30 turnover of power.
The offer, which Mr. Mubarak said is supported by unnamed nations in the region, would mark the strongest effort to date by Arab leaders to help the U.S.-led coalition adhere to the transfer of sovereignty scheduled to take place in just 10 weeks.
It also comes at a time when U.S. commanders in Baghdad are re-examining their training programs after many Iraqi police failed to resist the takeover of their posts during attacks last week by a radical Shi'ite militia.
During a meeting with President Bush at his Crawford, Texas, ranch on Monday, Mr. Mubarak said he told the president, "I am ready to train you some police, more police, enough police before [June 30] to work in Baghdad and some big cities."During a later interview with The Washington Times in a Houston hotel, the Egyptian leader said, "We have May, June. We are...
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