Iraqi authorities are now confronting the security challenge of the last several weeks.

Iraqi authorities surrounded the bank from where I made the call.

"We have no indication from the Iraqi authorities that they know."

The first issue, he said, is the reference to an Iraqi "authority" rather than a government.

But the editor said the Iraqi authorities still did not know who carried out the attack.

Some Iraqi authorities said the third explosion was caused by a car bomb.

The Iraqi authorities may also have exaggerated their own military success.

As we know, the Iraqi authorities greatly value this mission.

They say it is necessary to give the new Iraqi authority more international legitimacy.

"We don't know what if any actions the Iraqi authorities might be thinking of taking."