BAGHDAD: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday warned Iraq's new Shi'ite elite against a purge of the country's fledgling security forces and urged it to steer clear of corruption.
Rumsfeld, on his ninth visit since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, said he stressed in talks with prime minister-designate Ibrahim Jaafari and President Jalal Talabani the need to draw up a constitution by Aug 15 as scheduled.
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