Summary
TAJI, Iraq -- Misguided U.S. training of Iraqi police contributed to the country's instability and has delayed getting enough qualified Iraqis on the streets to ease the burden on American forces, the head of armed forces training said Wednesday.
"It hasn't gone well. We've had almost one year of no progress," said Army Maj. Gen. Paul D. Eaton, who departs Iraq next week after spending a year assembling and training the country's 200,000 army, police and civil defense troops.See the full content of this document
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General Admits Training Flaws
"We've had the wrong training focus -- on individual cops rather than their leaders," Eaton said in an interview with the Associated Press.
A credible, well-equipped national security force is crucial to America's plans to pull its 138,000 ...See the full content of this document
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