Challenges mount for new Iraqi troops
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Squinting into the noon sun, Col. Bob Newman nods across the road toward a lot where dozens of Iraqi commandos gather around a martial-arts instructor.
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Iraqâs fledgling security force is poorly led, plagued by desertions and âfalling behind in its capability and commitmentâ to protect the countryâs new democratic government, US Sen.
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The new U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Saturday that American and Iraqi security forces had to stabilize the country in what he called a high-stakes battle, or it would be doomed to more violence.
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BAGHDAD -- Three months after the start of the security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city's neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation, according to some commanders and an internal military assessment.
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Jordan introduces new regulations making it more difficult for Iraqi refugees to enter its territory.
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US, Iraqi operation in Diyala Province draws on a new counterinsurgency model.
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American troops face "significant challenges" in western Iraq's volatile Anbar region -- the deadliest province for U.S. forces -- but military efforts there are secondary to the priority of quelling sectarian unrest in Baghdad, the second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq said yesterday.
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The arrest of a commander of the Iraqi National Guard raises concerns about the loyalty and reliability of the new security forces.
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BAQUBAH, Iraq -- After two days of clawing their way toward insurgent strongholds in western Baqubah, US troops yesterday began one of the most delicate phases of the operation: reintroducing the city's residents to their own army.
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All U.S. troop reinforcements for Iraq to help restore security have now arrived, but it could take several more months before their weight is fully felt, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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The Army, strained by unrelenting violence in Iraq and operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere, is considering ways it can speed up the creation of two combat brigades while shifting personnel and equipment from other military units.
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US troops were drawn into a new offensive in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday to tackle a tide of insurgency unchecked by the military assault on Falluja.
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Boosting U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500 would create major logistical hurdles for the Army and Marine Corps, which are short thousands of vehicles, armor kits and other equipment needed to supply the extra forces, U.S. officials said.
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All U.S. troop reinforcements heading to Iraq to help restore security have now arrived, but it could take several more months before their weight is fully felt, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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The newest program for training Iraqi security forces, embedding 11- to 15-member U.S. transition teams in Iraqi battalions, represents a "high-risk assignment" for the American officers and men involved, according to top military training officials.
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America's presence in Iraq is moving into its 22nd month, a time that has been alternately frustrating and fulfilling to the young men and women who are far from home and far from done with their mission.
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WASHINGTON -- Iraqi insurgents and their informants have been infiltrating US and coalition organizations, Iraqi security units, and political parties in growing numbers, posing a daunting challenge to efforts to defeat the guerrillas and create a stable Iraqi state, according to US military officials, Iraq specialists, and a new study of Iraqi security forces.