Iraq training mission hits snag
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An agreement to expand a Nato mission for training Iraqi military officers has been delayed after France and Belgium voiced last-minute doubts.
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NATO envoys neared agreement Wednesday on a limited expansion of the alliance's training mission for the Iraqi military after the United States and France narrowed differences over the scale and command of the operation.
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The US Army is looking into why up to 19 reservists with a supply platoon in Iraq refused to complete a mission. Relatives of the soldiers claim that the troops felt the job was too dangerous and their vehicles were unsafe for the mission.
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The massive relief operation continues to be hampered by insufficient coordination nearly a month after the tragedy.
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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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Despite a stepped-up commitment from the United States to take in Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the military, few are signing up to go, officials say.
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NATO agreed this week to set up a training mission for the Iraqi military in what the official called a "significant" sign of progress since US-led invasion splintered the alliance last year, but Washington ...
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In large swaths of Iraq, campaigning is done in the shadows by candidates who are often too terrified to say their names.
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As Iraqis prepare for a democratic vote, the U.S. is still struggling to prevent insurgents from destroying it
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Maj. Gen. Carter F. Ham has been placed in charge of an effort to better train the soldiers who are training IraqÂs military.
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Fewer Iraqi security forces will be  fully trained by the end of this year than cited by President  Bush and it will take until July 2006 to fully train the police  force, according to Pentagon documents.
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Mistakes made by civilian and military leaders continue to impede the effort to combat a vexing insurgency and rebuild Iraq's shattered government and economy.
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Efforts to organize Iraqi immigrants to cast absentee ballots in their homeland's elections are beset by delays in planning and logistical obstacles.
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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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Training time will be halved for troops bound for Afghanistan next year to address a shortfall, according to an early edition of The Times's Thursday newspaper.
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The military command in charge of training Iraqi forces has fewer than half of its permanent headquarters personnel in place.
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The United Nations has failed to fully staff its operation in Iraq, imperiling the timing and quality of the country's elections, U.S. officials and election experts said.