The Real View From Iraq's Frontlines

Yes, there is civil unrest (to an extent) in Iraq. But unlike what the Media is putting out, there are calmer voices coming from within Iraq. Please read this one and maybe you will rest a little easier, I know I will.

Iraqi Security Forces Continue Progress in Quantity, Quality

By Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2006 – Iraq now has 123,000 trained and equipped police officers, but numbers don't tell the whole story, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said during a briefing from Baghdad today.

"What we're seeing across Iraq is that the police forces are indeed gaining capability and gaining public confidence," Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch told reporters, adding that police forces are the coalition's focus this year. "They continue to grow in not just quantity, but in quality and capability."

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