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Iraqi Forces Not Ready to Control Country

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January 18, 2008

Iraqi ground forces say their units are under strength and that better weapons are needed. They say they need U.S. to stay for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, Iraq's minister of defense doesn't have much positive to say about Iraq's army, charging the country's security forces wouldn't be ready to control internal security for four years. And he predicted they wouldn't be able to protect against an external threat until 2018.

 
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