Bush: “ I think an interesting construct that Gen. Pace uses is, 'We're not winning, we're not losing.' There's been some very positive developments.”
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The DOD report, ‘Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq’ (released last week) cites a 22% increase in attacks. Lt. Gen John Sattler, the director of strategic plans and policy for the U.S. military: "The violence has escalated at an unbelievably rapid pace.”
The report says there are now 322,000 soldiers and police officers in the new Iraqi security forces, but it says many of them are not available to serve due to death, injury, attrition, approved and unapproved leave and a reluctance to be deployed in violent areas. According to General Sattler, fewer than 200,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen are available at any given time. The report also criticizes corruption and sectarian loyalties, particularly in the police and the Ministry of Interior, and charges that the police sometimes facilitate militia attacks.
2006-12-19
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