Gen. Abizaid tells Iraq PM to give a firm timetable.

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U.S. Warns Iraq to Stop Shiite Militias
Chief of U.S. Central Command warns Iraqi prime minister
to disband Shiite militias

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 13, 2006
By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer

(AP) The U.S. Central Command chief confronted Iraq's prime minister on Monday
over how Iraqi forces would halt raging violence and signaled a possible prelude
to shifts in American policy on engaging Iran and Syria.

The meeting came as sectarian attacks killed at least 91 people throughout Iraq,
46 of them showing signs of torture. The U.S. military announced the deaths
of four additional American soldiers.

Gen. John Abizaid, commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East, sternly warned
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that he must disband Shiite militias and give the
United States proof that they were disarmed, according to senior Iraqi government
officials with knowledge of what the two men discussed.

Beyond that, Abizaid asked the Iraqi leader to give the U.S. military a firm timetable
for when Iraq's security forces could take full control of the country, the officials
said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the talks.

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