IG: Dead count toward Iraq force strength

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IG: Dead count toward Iraq force strength
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Apr 25, 2008 5:58:20 EDT

Some of the troops on the rolls of the Iraqi Security Forces aren’t reporting for duty.

That is because they’re dead.

And thousands of others counted as present for duty are not showing up for work because they’re injured, on leave or absent without leave, according to a new audit of the Pentagon’s most recent quarterly report on Iraq by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, a temporary federal agency created by Congress to provide oversight of U.S. dollars spent for Iraqi relief and rebuilding.

All told, the review of the March report and earlier quarterly reports on Iraq indicates, the IG said, “uncertainty about the number of Iraqi personnel who are present for duty at any one time uncertainty about the capabilities of the police force because the police have greater capacity to recruit than to train.” The latter limits the number of police on the rolls who have been trained, the IG said.

“The number of assigned and trained personnel presented in the reports does not present a complete picture of force capabilities,” the IG said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/military_isfreport_042508/