London, Dec 13, SPA -- Iraq's interim President Ghazi al-Yawer saidin an interview broadcast Monday that the U.S.-ledcoalition was wrong to dismantle the Iraqi security forces. "Definitely dissolving the Ministry of Defense and theMinistry of Interior was a big mistake at that time,"al-Yawer told British Broadcasting Corp. radio. "We could have screened people out instead of screeningthem in and this could have saved us a lot of hassle andproblems," he said. The BBC said it spoke to al-Yawer inLondon, where he was briefly stopping after a visit to theUnited States. Al-Yawer said the security situation wouldn't be resolvedunless Iraq's own security forces were "100 percentefficient." "We have to reinstate some of the clean-record armyofficers and police officers," he said. "As soon as we have efficient security forces that we candepend on we can see the beginning of the withdrawal offorces from our friends and partners and I think it doesn'ttake years, it will take months." The Iraqi president said he feared insurgents wouldintensify their campaign of violence in the run-up toelections on Jan. 30 "Their tactical target is to undermine the electoralprocess and to stop us having our first elections," hesaid.--SPA1406 Local Time 1106 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/224572