Iraqi Troops: The Thin Iraqi Line

[Jedburgh]

Edit: Here's the latest (10 May 07) update to Cordesman's report:

The Critical Problems The US Must Address if Iraqi Forces Are to Do the Job

Also, here are more House hearing transcripts; this time from the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing on The Use of Contractors in Training, Equipping, and Sustaining the Iraqi Security Forces:

Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division

Joint testimony of Gary J. Motsek, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Program Support), and Colonel Anita M. Raines, Chief, Logistics Services Division, J4 Directorate, Joint Staff

Deborah Avant, Professor, Political Science and International Affairs Director, Institute for Global and International Studies, GWU

Doug Brooks, President, International Peace Operations Association

Gerald F. Burke, Major, MA State Police (Ret), Former Senior Advisor, Iraqi Ministry of Interior and Iraqi Police Service