Baghdad, 13 September 2007 (Voices of Iraq)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that terrorism started to threaten the world and the whole region, noting to the recent incidents in Algeria and Turkey.

“Terrorist organizations in Iraq became weak and lost their refuges as citizens started to cooperate with security forces,” the premier said during his visit to the anti-terrorism department.

“Iraq will become a country with big experience in fighting terrorism, because we witnessed different kinds of terrorists’ attacks,” al-Maliki said in a statement released by his office and received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“We can offer our valuable experience to other countries for the good of humanity, but we will not engage our troops and security forces in wars and aggressions as the former regime did,” the premier also said.

“The government pins hopes on fighting terrorism efforts,” he highlighted, underlining on the importance of special forces to face terrorists and other armed groups.

“The prime minister gave instructions to set up an academy to develop and habilitate police forces’ capabilities,” the statement noted.

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