Iraqi police show off their physical prowess at a ceremony marking Iraqi Police Day in Basra.(Photo from the BBC)
In 2004 and 2005, the Bush administration caught hell for their constantly-changing figures of how many Iraqi cops and soldiers could be counted on to share the burden with U.S. forces.
"Over the past 18 months," the Christian Science Monitor wrote in 2005, "Washington's estimate of the number of trained Iraqi security forces has gyrated up and down as if it were a stock market index. Last spring, for instance, the Defense Department's number for Iraqi police and military personnel plunged from 206,000 to 132,000. In September, the number was revised downward again - to 90,000."
Three years later, the estimates are better. But still, "nobody... is exactly sure how many Iraqis are actually on duty -- partly due to problems with a government contract designed to count the soldiers," ProPublica reports. "As a result, five years into the war, the U.S. still doesn't know how many Iraqis stand ready to d
No One Knows How Many Iraqis Are On Duty
-- The Danger Room
-- The Danger Room
In 2004 and 2005, the Bush administration caught hell for their constantly-changing figures of how many Iraqi cops and soldiers could be counted on to share the burden with U.S. forces.
"Over the past 18 months," the Christian Science Monitor wrote in 2005, "Washington's estimate of the number of trained Iraqi security forces has gyrated up and down as if it were a stock market index. Last spring, for instance, the Defense Department's number for Iraqi police and military personnel plunged from 206,000 to 132,000. In September, the number was revised downward again - to 90,000."
Three years later, the estimates are better. But still, "nobody... is exactly sure how many Iraqis are actually on duty -- partly due to problems with a government contract designed to count the soldiers," ProPublica reports. "As a result, five years into the war, the U.S. still doesn't know how many Iraqis stand ready to d
"Over the past 18 months," the Christian Science Monitor wrote in 2005, "Washington's estimate of the number of trained Iraqi security forces has gyrated up and down as if it were a stock market index. Last spring, for instance, the Defense Department's number for Iraqi police and military personnel plunged from 206,000 to 132,000. In September, the number was revised downward again - to 90,000."
Three years later, the estimates are better. But still, "nobody... is exactly sure how many Iraqis are actually on duty -- partly due to problems with a government contract designed to count the soldiers," ProPublica reports. "As a result, five years into the war, the U.S. still doesn't know how many Iraqis stand ready to defend their country."
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My Comment: What a perfect way to set up a mafia-union type of operation and scam. You have 100 cops under your administration and who are getting paid .... but you actually have 35.
Nah .... it is not happening. All Iraqi cops are (cough cough) honest people.
Three years later, the estimates are better. But still, "nobody... is exactly sure how many Iraqis are actually on duty -- partly due to problems with a government contract designed to count the soldiers," ProPublica reports. "As a result, five years into the war, the U.S. still doesn't know how many Iraqis stand ready to defend their country."
Read more ....
My Comment: What a perfect way to set up a mafia-union type of operation and scam. You have 100 cops under your administration and who are getting paid .... but you actually have 35.
Nah .... it is not happening. All Iraqi cops are (cough cough) honest people.