The Washington Post also reports that the police chief of Baiji, a city north of Baghdad, barely escaped being assassinated on Monday. When the police fired back at the attackers, they killed at least one innocent bystander. His family vowed revenge. About 142 national guardsmen in Baiji have resigned in the face of death threats from guerrillas.
Juan Cole postIraq's US-backed interim government is to spend over $2.2 billion on its security forces, a sum that represents some 11% of the country's total budget.
Speaking at a Baghdad news conference on Tuesday, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Iraq needed to equip the police and army with "new modern weaponry that will enable them to protect the country".
"We have therefore decided to earmark $2.2 billion for this purpose." The sum represents about 11% of the total projected expenditures for 2005 of $19.5 billion.
"This sum will grow gradually. The army will be the lynchpin of the security forces [...]"
articleSpeaking at a Baghdad news conference on Tuesday, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Iraq needed to equip the police and army with "new modern weaponry that will enable them to protect the country".
"We have therefore decided to earmark $2.2 billion for this purpose." The sum represents about 11% of the total projected expenditures for 2005 of $19.5 billion.
"This sum will grow gradually. The army will be the lynchpin of the security forces [...]"
I wonder who'll get the contract.
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