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Highlighting the stakes, President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq to meet al-Maliki and discuss the nation's next steps. The president was expected to be in Baghdad a little more than five hours.
Security officials said 75,000 Iraqi and multinational forces would be deployed throughout Baghdad on Wednesday, securing roads, launching raids against insurgent hideouts and calling in airstrikes if necessary.
Violence, meanwhile, was unrelenting, with a series of explosions struck the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least 16 people.
Mr. Bush's visit came on the final day of a two-day work session aimed at keeping up the momentum generated by last week's swearing-in of key Iraqi national security officials, and the U.S. airstrike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.
Maj. Gen. Mahdi al-Gharrawi, the commander of public order forces under the Interior Ministry, said al-Maliki's plan includes securing roads in and out of Baghdad, banning personal weapons and implementing a 9 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew.
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