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Report: Iraq forces need U.S. support, embeds 'for several years to come'
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is exaggerating progress in the training and development of Iraq's security forces under pressure from Washington to function independently. A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that Iraq's army and police would not be capable of independent operations in 2008, when the United States was expected to begin a significant withdrawal.....