http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/09/ap_iraqi_police_070901/Two independent assessments of the situation in Iraq already have been previewed this week — the latest finding that Iraq’s national police are so corrupt and influenced by sectarianism that the corps should be scrapped and replaced with a smaller force.
An independent commission established by Congress to study Iraq’s security forces will recommend starting over and reshaping the troubled 25,000-member police organization with a more elite force, a defense official said Friday. He said the report was more positive about progress being made by the Iraqi army.
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http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,148221,00.htmlThe last battalion of Iraqi soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, withdrew from the Anbar Province city of Fallujah, Sept. 1, leaving the city’s security and stability in the hands of the local police and government.
Brig. Gen. Ali al-Hashemi, the brigade’s commander, said the time had come when Iraqi Police alone could handle law enforcement in the city.