Sementara itu, Adel Muhajir, guberur Amarah, sekitar 390 kilometer sebelah selatan Baghdad, mengatakan, pasukan setempat siap mengambil alih keamanan dari pasukan multinasional di kota tersebut.
Meanwhile, Adel Muhajir, governor of Amarah, around 390 kilometres south of the capital, said that local forces were ready to take over security from the multi-national forces in the city.