..
..
,
...
..
---
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
om
y
.,
"I
/(
'I
"','
11
.":
~
L
l . '
l :
O
oTheIraqi
Army
isreal,growingandwillingtofight.
o
The
NationalPoliceCommandoBattalions
are
very
capable.Their
HUMI
NT
collectioncapabilityis
better
than
ours.JN
FOM
EMO
M
A ~ O
2006
USD(P)
r
6/005558-S
!
FOR:THESECRETARYOFDEFENSE
.AfI"'-{
(
l
~
\
i l
HAY
03
2006
/
(JJ?,J
1
FROM:PeterW.
Rodman
,AssistantSecretary
~
e fe
n
s
e
(JS
1
~
-
t
'7.
I.
SU
BJECT:GeneralMcCaffrey'sReporton
His
Recent
Trip
toI
raq
fvl.ftf11;,
~
•GeneralBarryMcCaffrey(USA,ret.)madeanobservation
trip
toIraq(13-20
A
P r i l )
.
~
r ~ 1 1
Attac
hed
ishisreport.
yl';
~
•Thereportbearsreadinginitsentirety.I
'v
enoted
some
ofthe
mos
tinteresting
p O i n ~
c t
6
t:I
•Positiveobservations:
( , ~ ( f "
r:
-r:
?"t
'fY
~ r
;r;?-
e:
Theforeign
jihadist
fightershave
been
defea
ted
as
a
strategic
and
operational
'fbD
threat
to
the
creation
of
anIraqigovern
men
t.
~
•N
ega
tive
observations:
['
oTheIraqi
Army
needsatleasttwotofivemoreyears
of
U.S.partnership.
oTheIraqipolicewillrequiretenyearsto
overcometheir
currentproblems.oInterage
ncy
su
ppo
rtforourstrategyinIraqis
gro
sslyinadequate.•Policyrecommendations:
o
The
Army
andMurineCorpsneedsignificantmanpoweraugmentation.
o
OurRoEmayhavebecome
100
restrictive:theywillneed
consrant
monitoring
tomaintainanappropriate
balance
.oWe
sho
uldcontinueeconomicand
reconstrucnon
su
pport
ontheorder
of
$5.
10
billion
per
year.•Iwouldespeciallycalltoyourattentionthefirsttwo
para
graphs
of
thenarrative(on
page
3).Theyare
amagnificemtribute
10
oursoldiersandMarinesinIraqanddeserve
aswideadistributionas
we
can
giveth
em
.
/'
FOR
O
FFICIAl,
USEONLY
Prepared
by:
AbcShulsky.
!SNNESA.
57
J
-2509
OSD
07247-06
W
I I
I ~
J
I
m ~ l . f I l l
m l
·
i l ~
l m
W I
P D
A S D
( I
S ~ ~
514/200fj9:31.12
Al'JI
--
'--'--
NY
TIMES
2928
Add a Comment