But despite predictions from administration officials that Iraq forces would begin taking the lead against the insurgency , Maj. Gen. William G. Webster Jr. , who commands American forces in and around Baghdad , told reporters at a Pentagon briefing last Friday that it would probably take until next spring before Iraqi security forces would be able to operate completely on their own .
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