BAGHDAD, June 12 (UPI) -- The Iraqi Interior Ministry finished its first internal audit of progress made in 2008 on security and other goals, the U.S. military said Thursday.

BAGHDAD, March 31 (UPI) -- Thousands of Iraqi police officers who allegedly refused to fight against Shiite militias have been relieved of duty, Iraqi's interior minister said Monday.

BASRA, Iraq, March 24 (UPI) -- Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Boulani survived an assassination attempt on his motorcade in Basra, security officials said Monday.

BASRA, Iraq, March 24 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went to Basra Monday to try to restore order in a city where instability is growing, government officials said.

BAIJI, Iraq, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The police chief of the Iraqi oil hub Baiji will be dismissed following Tuesday's suicide attack, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

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