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The return of parliamentary politics reflects a broader shift from earlier expectations of a settlement and elections toward the reality of a prolonged war.
Balázs Jarábik
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Iraq’s Forces: The Hole in the U.S. Security Strategy?
By Jeff Miller
Published on Mar 16, 2005
Training Iraq’s security forces is the centerpiece of President George W. Bush’s strategy in Iraq. To the extent that training records can be uncovered in the muddle of conflicting reports, the chronicle of the past eighteen months raises grave doubts about the strategy’s hope of success. Pentagon figures show that not only has there been no progress over the past year, but the gap between the total number of Iraqi security forces and the total required is now almost twice the size of the gap reported fourteen months ago.
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About the Author
Jeffrey Miller is a researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
About the Author
Jeff Miller
Former Project Associate
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