Iraq: Maliki, Gates, Syrian border and security needsnote

During his visit to Washington last week, Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki met with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates at the Pentagon in the presence of Iraqi Defence Minister Abdulqader Jassem Al-Ubaidi and Interior Minister Jawad Bolani. The following 317-word report focuses on the security part of the talks and tells what the list of Iraqi security needs contained and how Gates reacted to it. It also tells what about the security project along the Iraqi border with Syria.