‘Iraqi security forces lose equivalent of NYPD in 18 months.’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/13/iraqi-security-forces-lose-equivalent-of-nypd-in-18-months/

‘Iraqi security forces lose equivalent of NYPD in 18 months.’

Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey yesterday told a congressional committee that approximately 18,000 members of the U.S.-trained Iraqi police “had been lost from the newly trained force of 188,000 in the 18 months before January. … Between eight to 10,000 are believed killed in action and six to 8,000 more have been wounded severely enough so they cannot serve. Dempsey also says possibly 13,000 more have deserted or are unaccounted for.”

[sabra]

1. he also testified that thousands are collecting paychecks that don't show up...

[EFerrari]

2. What will it take.

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