Iraq Rebuilding Short on Qualified Civilians
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In Diyala, the vast province northeast of Baghdad where Sunnis and Shiites are battling for primacy with mortars and nighttime abductions, the U.S. government has contracted the job of promoting democracy to a Pakistani citizen who has never lived or worked in a democracy.
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Nearly 530 Iraqi refugees were admitted to the United States last month, a huge bump from July but still far short of the number needed to fulfill the Bush administration's pledge to accept 2,000 by the end of September.
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Private security contractors do indispensable work in Iraq, but the muscle-bound showiness associated with these hired guns, and lack of control over them, is drawing criticism.
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The former civilian head of the American occupation of Iraq says the United States didn&#39;t have enough troops in Iraq immediately following the ouster of Saddam Hussein -- and &quot;paid a big price&#39;&#39; for it.
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Iraqi civilian deaths dropped to their lowest level since the start of the Baghdad security operation, government figures showed Sunday, suggesting signs of progress in tamping down violence in the capital.
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Iraqi leaders hope to flesh out a deal to end sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad when they meet again on Tuesday but conceded a four-point plan, drafted under U.S. pressure, was still a long way short on vital substance.
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A lack of Iraqi government organization and the city's ethnic mix complicates preparations for suppressing the insurgency
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International donors to Iraq agreed on Thursday that they need to speed up the allocation of promised funds to rebuild the country, but failed to erase concerns that violence is impeding that from happening.
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Violence in Iraq is down, but Iraq needs to take advantage of that.
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The State Department and other government agencies are having trouble filling great, career-enhancing jobs in Baghdad as part of the new Iraq reconstruction push. Many agency employees are hesitant to sign up for these new "provincial reconstruction teams" because they think they might be killed....
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Despite a stepped-up commitment from the United States to take in Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the US government and military, very few are signing up to go, resettlement officials said.
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Despite campaigns to protect civilians in war zones, progress is gradual and failure too obvious in many places in the world, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator said on Friday.
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Iraq, the United Nations and foreign   donors met on Sunday to prepare a road map for the   reconstruction of Iraq and try to make the country economically   self-sufficient within five years.
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Iraq has one of the world's largest oil reserves, but the Iraqi army can't get enough fuel for its tanks. It also can't get spare parts for its trucks or supply ammunition on its own.
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A Government Accountability Office report has found that  Iraq had spent much less of its reconstruction budget than what had previously been announced.
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To listen to Iraq's new police officers is to hear the voices of under-equipped and under-trained men, often unnerved by the danger but determined to work.
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The U.S. government should have been   quicker to employ local firms to help rebuild Iraq instead of   relying on U.S. corporations whose contracts gave them no   incentive to minimize costs, a U.S. official said on Thursday.