US to Keep 740 Trainers in Iraq After December
'Just a Few Military Officers,' Iraq Insists
Iraqi officials say that an agreement has been reached to keep 740 US trainers inside Iraq after December, even after weeks of making a fuss about how no agreement could ever be reached that would keep US troops in the nation.
And while the officials familiar with the talks say that most of the trainers will be civilian contractors there will be “just a few military officers” attached to the training mission from the US military. No word on whether they will be given the blanket immunity the Obama Administration has long demanded.
The Iraqi military had initially sought thousands of trainers for their military, but disputes over immunity as well as key political factions inside Iraq which objected to the presence of US troops prevented such a deal from being finalized.
Beyond the trainers, the US will keep 157 soldiers and 25 Marine guards at the massive Iraq embassy, and the US State Department will also have a massive “private army” of thousands of military contractors.
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JLS
November 23rd, 2011 at 9:35 pm
if they weren't planning on doing something wrong the ywouldn't need immunity.
hyperbola
November 24th, 2011 at 7:32 am
So, after the sterling success of the US military in "training" the Egyptian military and "training" Ben Ali in Tunisia (to say nothing of the numerous death squads they have "trained" in Latin America), we now reward them with a new mission in Iraq. Wonder if this will turn out any better than the last satrap the US helped to power in Iraq (Saddam Hussein, with CIA assistance).
Frankly, as an American, I would be overjoyed if the rest of the world would simply tell our military to get out of their countries and go home.
davidgrayling
November 24th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Like a killer dog that has its teeth locked around the throat of an enemy, the U.S. , once it gets its foot in the door, never leaves, never relinquishes its hold. It's called imperialism!
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