Training Iraqi troops a logistical feat
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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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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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A State Department briefing chart dated Sept. 22 indicates the Iraqi border guard force being trained and equipped by the United States still lacks needed weapons, vehicles, body armor and communications equipment.
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Canberra - Australia will send 50 army logistics specialists to Iraq to help train the new Iraqi defence force, Australian Defence Minister Robert Hill said on Monday.
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The move by President Bush makes good on a pledge to dramatically scale up efforts to train and equip Iraqi security forces ahead of an eventual U.S. withdrawal.
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Member countries of the NATO alliance have agreed to send more troops and instructors to Baghdad to help train Iraqi armed forces.
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Blog: Even before getting to the battlefield, high-tech upgrades for ground troops must maneuver through tough political terrain.
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Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq
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BAQUBAH, Iraq -- It took nearly a month to build the tiny bunker on the roof of this Iraqi police station. The U.S. soldiers worked at night to avoid snipers, carrying sandbags up four flights of stairs in the dark.
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"Bomb, bomb," a man shouts, as a group of Iraqis dives for cover. It's all a drill &#151; part of six-week course to train new guards who will oversee thousands of prisoners taken into custody in the ongoing Baghdad security crackdown.
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An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there.
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Description: Newly trained Iraqi forces have a major part in the battle for control of the Iraqi city of Samarra, long held by insurgents.
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WASHINGTON -- The day's mission was straightforward: Show the local Iraqi police how to escort a convoy of new recruits from Baqubah to the police academy in Sulymaniyah , about 125 miles to the north.
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The U.S. military plans to speed up the training of Iraq's army by tripling its number of embedded trainers to about 9,000, while keeping a close eye on units' sectarian loyalties, a U.S. general said on Sunday.
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U.S. troops from Iraq are being trained by the Israeli army in urban and guerrilla warfare tactics at a military base in Israel, a local newspaper said on Wednesday.
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As the military rushes to reorganize, the 3rd Infantry steels itself for a second deployment in Iraq.
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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.