Iraq's interior minister Jawad al-Bolani talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Al-Bolani said suicide bombers and car bombs are still the main challenges facing Iraqi security forces and that a wide-scale 'war of intelligence' is now needed to chase down militants as there 'is no need anymore to launch major military operations.' (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)From Yahoo News/AP:
BAGHDAD – Iraq's top security official called Saturday for a shift from major military operations to a "war of intelligence" to track down remaining extremist cells responsible for attacks such as those that killed 60 people in the past week in the Baghdad area.
Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani also warned that his ministry has been forced to put on hold some of its plans to recruit more police due to cuts in the government's 2009 budget prompted by plummeting oil prices.
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My Comment: Intelligence is the key to Iraq's internal security. This shift is progress .... all be it very slow.