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Ibrahim al-Jaafari

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said June 27 two years would be "more than enough" to establish security in his country, a task U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld believes may take up to 12 years. "I recognize things I don't know, and that's one of them. There are so many variables that I would be reluctant to pretend that I could look into that crystal ball," he said.

Following talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, al-Jaafari said such factors as building up Iraq's own security forces, controlling the country's porous borders and pushing ahead with the political process would all help end the violence.

Rumsfeld acknowledged June 26 that U.S. officials have met with some insurgents, an approach Britain has also employed as it tries to bring stability to the country. Al-Jaafari said he had no objection to their having "dialogue with all the political forces" so long as they were not engaged in violence.

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