32,000 Iraq police 'lost,' more on payroll

[sabra]

Source: UPI

WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- About 32,000 Iraqi police who have been trained and equipped are no longer on the job, having left for various reasons over the last 18 months.

And as many as 12,000 police not on the job are drawing salaries anyway, said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who has just returned from more than two years in Iraq overseeing the development of Iraqi security forces.

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Between 8,000 and 10,000 Iraqi police have been killed in action. Another 6,000 to 8,000 have been severely wounded, Dempsey told a House Armed Services subcommittee Tuesday.

At least 5,000 Iraqi police have deserted and the rest are unaccounted for.

That means there are at most 162,000 trained and equipped police in Iraq. But there may be as many as 75,000 more policemen drawing a salary.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Briefing/2007/06/12/32000_iraq_police_lost_more_on_payroll/1159/

[saigon68]

1. Happened in Viet-Nam whole battalions existed on paper

The colonels in charge now live in LA in extreme opulence of the US taxpayers dime

[Jacobin]

4. exactly so

they're not lost, either. They're blowing up the occupation troops

[saigon68]

8. Its called a cluster fuck

[greiner3]

2. HOw many Dunkin Donuts were checked?

[superconnected]

3. How the bush administration manages the war funds.

[maddezmom]

5. Big Boost In Iraqi Forces Is Urged

Big Boost In Iraqi Forces Is Urged
A Top General Sees Years Before U.S. Ends Security Role

By Walter Pincus and Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, June 13, 2007; Page A01

A senior U.S. military commander said yesterday that Iraq's army must expand its rolls by at least 20,000 more soldiers than Washington had anticipated, to help free U.S. troops from conducting daily patrols, checkpoints and other critical yet dangerous missions.

Even then, Iraq will remain incapable of taking full responsibility for its security for many years -- five years in the case of protecting its airspace -- and will require a long-term military relationship with the United States, said Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who until recently led the U.S. military's training effort in Iraq.

Appearing before a House panel, Dempsey outlined his assessment of Iraq's 348,000-strong security forces looking into 2008 and the prospects that they can take over from U.S. troops. He said the Iraqi forces are improving but are still riddled with sectarianism and corruption and are suffering from a lack of leaders and the attrition of tens of thousands of members -- including 32,000 police between mid-2005 and January.

more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061202179.html?hpid=topnews

[maddezmom]

6. U.S. officer: Iraqi police disappearing

WASHINGTON - About one in six Iraqi policemen trained by U.S.-led forces has been killed or wounded, has deserted or just disappeared, a senior U.S. military commander says.

And continuing violence is prompting officials again to increase the size of the Iraqi army — this time by another 20,000, said Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who until recently headed the training effort.

Speaking before a House subcommittee, Dempsey said some 32,000 Iraqi police had been lost from the newly trained force of 188,000 in the 18 months before January.

About 8,000 to 10,000 were believed killed in action and 6,000 to 8,000 wounded severely enough so they cannot serve, he said Tuesday.


more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070613/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_24;_ylt=AvnmetjM_j0St5y78aOFBH1X6GMA

[Supersedeas]

7. we are making progress