Progress of the Baghdad security plan

Hameed Moussa, head of the Iraqi Communist Party, also described the plan as positive, and called comforting the initial indications. It will succeed despite of challenges and difficulties, he added.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday had praised the results of a newly implemented security strategy, in which he claimed that Iraqi and coalition forces have killed 400 terrorists and detained more than 400 others.

'Baghdad will not be a sanctuary for the outlaws,' said al-Maliki during a press conference on Saturday. He added: 'The results (of the new plan) are positive, several terrorist cells were dismantled.' Al-Maliki also said that politicians are not allowed to interfere in the security issues.