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The US is going to have to make some tough decisions?
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> Generals fault Iraqi security forces > The national police are riddled with corruption and sectarianism, > U.S. military leaders say. > By Tina Susman and Garrett Therolf, LATimes Staff Writers > June 11, 2007 > > BAGHDAD — Two U.S. generals gave poor marks Sunday to Iraqi security > forces for a lack of readiness, assessments that bode ill for Iraq's > ability to fend for itself as pressure builds in Washington to draw > down American troops. > > Though both military leaders said Iraqi soldiers had made progress in > recent months, one said the Shiite-led Iraqi army lacked top-notch > senior officers. Both described the national police force as riddled > with corruption and sectarianism. One general told reporters that in > his area of command, the situation was so dire that the U.S. military > was looking to fill the void by arming Sunni Arabs linked to tribal > sheiks and militant groups who were willing to work with Americans > enforcing security. > > The comments came on another day of bloodshed across Iraq, where at > least 36 people were reported killed in bombings and other attacks. > The deadliest incident occurred in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, > when a suicide bomber slammed a tanker truck laden with explosives > into a police building. The structure collapsed, and at least 15 > people died, police said. > ............... > > But, he added, those 18 provinces "being completely self-reliant is a > ways off."
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