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To: LindyBill who wrote (85025)	11/9/2004 9:04:22 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793956

Some of that is to be expected. It takes a while for green troops to accept that their best chance to win a battle and for survival is to fight together as a unit and as they were trained. That is why we require our own soldiers to be given 180 days of active duty and training before being placed in combat. Many/most of the Iraqi troops have received only a short course of basic training (no AIT). And they are not yet as well equipped as the Americans they are fighting with. Both reasons make it difficult for them initially. Reports I read say after their initial baptism by fire, the hesitancy leaves and Iraqi soldiers perform well. Indeed the first Iraqi units we brought on line are now receiving many kudos. Military operations in urban terrain are the most difficult. I don't expect much from a few rooky reporters. They are trained to look for anything controversial and report it. There is no controversy in Iraqi military units fighting heroically to free their homeland. So we should not expect the press to report it.