Iraq's security forces have been plagued with charges of human rights abuses, corruption, and disloyalty ever since they were hurriedly assembled by US advisers in the wake of Saddam Hussein's fall.
Many of the problems within the fledgling Army and police are the result of not having enough skilled officers to command inexperienced ground troops, experts say.
As a result, Iraqis and their US advisers are stepping up efforts to bring many ex-officers from Mr. Hussein's Army back into the fold,a measure they say will improve the quality of the country's forces.
Their hopes rest in people like Mohammed Abbas Elawi, a former warrant officer who left the Army before the US invasion. He's now willing to return. "We face death every month, so I'd rather take part in one of the forces to defend myself and my family," he said at a recruitment drive Sunday.
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