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| Iraq unveils new security plans | Iraq unveils new security plans |
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| Iraq says it will close its borders with Iran and Syria for up to three days as part of its new security plan for Baghdad. | Iraq says it will close its borders with Iran and Syria for up to three days as part of its new security plan for Baghdad. |
| Top Iraqi commander Lt Gen Abboud Gambar has been speaking live on TV about the plan, which will also involve longer curfew hours for the capital. | Top Iraqi commander Lt Gen Abboud Gambar has been speaking live on TV about the plan, which will also involve longer curfew hours for the capital. |
| The security plan is also now being debated in the US House. | The security plan is also now being debated in the US House. |
| BBC correspondents say closing borders would be difficult as they are long, porous and often barely guarded. | BBC correspondents say closing borders would be difficult as they are long, porous and often barely guarded. |
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| Thousands of extra US troops are heading to the Iraqi capital to bolster Iraqi forces in the new security "surge" against militants and bombers. | |
| US President George W Bush is committed to sending 21,500 additional troops to Iraq, but he faces strong opposition in the Democrat-led Congress. | |
| Gen Gambar, speaking on behalf of the Cabinet and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, did not say when the borders would close. | |
| Gen Gambar is charge of a plan that will divide Baghdad into 10 security districts in an attempt to drive out insurgents and illegal militias. | |
| The border move comes amid claims by the US that Iran is supplying militias with sophisticated weapons to attack US troops. Tehran rejects the accusation. | |
| Violence continued in Iraq on Tuesday despite the new security plans. | |
| A van crammed with explosives exploded near a college in western Baghdad, killing at least 16 people and injuring 45. |