Posted on 06/28/2004 11:17:15 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:16:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The return of self-rule to Iraq sets in motion a number of benchmarks leading up to elections this January, but for the near term, the U.S. military will act autonomously until local forces are up to the counterterrorism job.
Most officials agree that subduing the rampant violence by foreign terrorists and Ba'athist holdouts is new Prime Minster Iyad Allawi's chief goal. He has promised a crackdown on insurgents. But at the same time, he has inherited a security force of about 250,000 that is ill-trained, ill-equipped and poorly motivated.
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"The first thing, and I think the most important thing, we're going to do is be less visible," Mr. Armitage told the Senate committee.
The ball is in the Iraqi's hands now. I pray they run with it and give themselves a chance of a wholesome lifestyle. It is possible.
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