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US and Iraqi armies in race against 2011 clock
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Feb 20, 2009 07:53pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, February 21, 2009 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Iraqi military, hobbled by Saddam Hussein's disastrous wars, and its American allies are in a race against the clock before a US pullout, with logistics a key priority.
While the Iraqi side appears confident, its Western allies doubt the country's army will be able to stand up on its own in logistics terms by the end-of-2011 deadline for US soldiers to withdraw.
‘There's no mission ... without the logistician,’ said US Colonel Edward Dorman, who runs the US army's day-to-day logistics in Iraq, during a tour of Iraqi facilities in Taji, north of Baghdad.
But in the countdown to the deadline under the two countries' security pact signed in November, their partnership faces an uphill battle.
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