Fred Harteis News Articles - President Jalal Talabani said Sunday that the American program to train Iraq’s military and police, a cornerstone of the American enterprise in Iraq, was a failure.

 

He also rejected proposals to increase the number of American combat troops in advisory positions within the Iraqi Army, saying it was tantamount to surrendering control of the military to the Americans.

 

“What have they done so far in training the army and the police?” the president said during a news conference here. “What they ...   more »