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2009-03-22 Iraq

US hands almost all Sunni guards to Iraqi control

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 The transfers are going ahead with the "hope" that the Iraqi govt will stand by its promises to provide employment or continue pmts until employment has been found. The ministries still suffer from bureaucratic infighting, poor training, corruption and a learned unwillingness to make decisions. That said, they are far better than they were a year ago.

The other side is that, until now, Iraq has been a top-down govt. Everything comes from Baghdad. The provincial govts had little revenue and little power. With the recent elections, the provinces are gaining power, and the Sons and Daughters of Iraq are seen as part of that issue by Baghdad.

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