Study: Iraq's Police Force should be scrapped: "dysfunctional, corrupt, infiltrated by militias..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Study: Iraqi forces far from ready to take over
Report says Army shows promise but police should be scrapped and rebuilt



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20617762/

WASHINGTON - Critical to U.S. plans for redeploying American troops from the battlefield, Iraq’s security forces appear far from ready to take over the fight against al-Qaida and insurgents, an independent report concluded.

Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, who led the 20-member panel studying Iraqi security forces, was to testify before Congress on Thursday. His report, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, said that Iraq’s security forces would be unable to take control of their country in the next 18 months.

The study found that the Iraqi military, in particular its Army, shows the most promise of becoming a viable, independent security force with time. It predicted that an adequate logistics system to support these ground forces is at least two years away.

Worse off is the Iraq national police force. The study, which described the police force as dysfunctional, corrupt and infiltrated by militias, recommended that the force be scrapped and entirely rebuilt.



Iraqi police academy graduates march in formation at a ceremony in Najaf in July.

[Buzz Clik]

1. There's no doubt that they are corrupt as can be and infiltrated by insurgents.

(Gee, whose fault might that be? Let's not go there...)

This is an instant ticket to spending at least another 3 glorious years training another police force. With Rudy Giuliani's AMAZING success in New York, perhaps he'd like the job for a few months. We could find out if he's the raging hardass he claims to be.