Iraq’s security forces are confronting significant problems as the U.S. military prepares to withdraw from that country by the end of this year, according to a new report by a top oversight official.
Though advances continue to be made, corruption, lack of capacity to handle logistics and an absence of realistic planning threaten to undermine the security infrastructure and equipment introduced into Iraq by U.S.-led forces, says the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, in the office’s latest quarterly report, released today.
“Insurgents continued to wage a campaign of intimidation and assassination against certain GOI (government of Iraq), military and civilian personnel this quarter, killing or attempting to kill several dozen officials,” the report says.
