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US report: corruption and cronyism in the Iraqi forces threaten to undermine efforts to expel daash
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Twilight news/the New York Times, widespread corruption and cronyism within the Iraqi security forces were in control of large areas in daash said, noting that those reasons could undermine the efforts of the American-led coalition in the Elimination of that organization.
She said the New York Times that the Iraqi army and police are corrupt in its ranks and leadership which may have been one of the causes of the collapse to the hardcore of organizing daash despite spending nearly US $ 25 billion for training and equipment for the Iraqi army and police during the past 10 years in addition to fold this amount from the Iraqi Treasury.
--The corruption and nepotism among government troops threatens to undermine us-led efforts to flush out extremists even with approval from President Barack Obama to increase the number of US troops in Iraq for up to 3,000.
The United States insists that the Iraqi army is responsible for any military action, even in the case of the provision of assistance and new weapons were being supplied to a counter-offensive against daash, including money and weapons that will be directed to the fighters in the Iraqi tribes and clans willing to fight organized Islamic State.
According to the paper, the Ministry of defence objects have requested $ 1.3 billion for sending weapons to the Iraqi army as well as the $ 24.1 million for Iraqi tribes.
But some weapons that were sent recently ended up to the black market and into the hands of terrorists daash, according to officers and Iraqi lawmakers, leading us to pose questions to the Iraqi Government.
The New York Times, Colonel Shaaban Al-Obeidi from the internal security forces and a Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province was quoted as saying, "I told the Americans not to send weapons by the army that corruption exists everywhere, won't see any piece of this weapon in the end."
The newspaper noted that the Iraqi officers and lawmakers, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the number of soldiers in the army and police as well as their salaries were still artificially inflated because of so-called "ghost soldiers", they are soldiers who refer to official papers they hold positions but really gets the Supreme leaders position or salary of at least the amount is shared between them without the employer goes to the website of the Foundation.
The newspaper said Iraqi soldiers complain that they get only a few weapons and equipment or poor leaders receive commissions or seize funds, as noted by Colonel al-Obeidi said, "If the supposed soldier gets 100 bullet it eventually gets only 50 and seizes the officer on the rest and sell it for him."
The paper said that the United States paid money to fight organized Islamic State but corruption and waste of funds in this manner may play a crucial role in the outcome of this war.
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Twilight news/the New York Times, widespread corruption and cronyism within the Iraqi security forces were in control of large areas in daash said, noting that those reasons could undermine the efforts of the American-led coalition in the Elimination of that organization.
She said the New York Times that the Iraqi army and police are corrupt in its ranks and leadership which may have been one of the causes of the collapse to the hardcore of organizing daash despite spending nearly US $ 25 billion for training and equipment for the Iraqi army and police during the past 10 years in addition to fold this amount from the Iraqi Treasury.
--The corruption and nepotism among government troops threatens to undermine us-led efforts to flush out extremists even with approval from President Barack Obama to increase the number of US troops in Iraq for up to 3,000.
The United States insists that the Iraqi army is responsible for any military action, even in the case of the provision of assistance and new weapons were being supplied to a counter-offensive against daash, including money and weapons that will be directed to the fighters in the Iraqi tribes and clans willing to fight organized Islamic State.
According to the paper, the Ministry of defence objects have requested $ 1.3 billion for sending weapons to the Iraqi army as well as the $ 24.1 million for Iraqi tribes.
But some weapons that were sent recently ended up to the black market and into the hands of terrorists daash, according to officers and Iraqi lawmakers, leading us to pose questions to the Iraqi Government.
The New York Times, Colonel Shaaban Al-Obeidi from the internal security forces and a Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province was quoted as saying, "I told the Americans not to send weapons by the army that corruption exists everywhere, won't see any piece of this weapon in the end."
The newspaper noted that the Iraqi officers and lawmakers, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the number of soldiers in the army and police as well as their salaries were still artificially inflated because of so-called "ghost soldiers", they are soldiers who refer to official papers they hold positions but really gets the Supreme leaders position or salary of at least the amount is shared between them without the employer goes to the website of the Foundation.
The newspaper said Iraqi soldiers complain that they get only a few weapons and equipment or poor leaders receive commissions or seize funds, as noted by Colonel al-Obeidi said, "If the supposed soldier gets 100 bullet it eventually gets only 50 and seizes the officer on the rest and sell it for him."
The paper said that the United States paid money to fight organized Islamic State but corruption and waste of funds in this manner may play a crucial role in the outcome of this war.
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