RESULTS IN IRAQ: 100 DAYS TOWARD SECURITY & FREEEDOM
10 SIGNS OF BETTER SECURITY
- New Iraqi army and police forces are being recruited, trained,
and equipped. Some 1,200 Iraqis will be trained this year for
the new Iraqi army, and in two years, 40,000 army recruits will be trained.
- Fifty-eight of 89 Iraqi cities have hired police forces. In total,
34,000 Iraqis are employed in patrolling the streets of their country,
and of these, 30,000 Iraqis are currently patrolling with coalition forces.
- More than 8,200 tons of ammunition, thousands of AK-47s, grenades,
and other weapons have been seized throughout Iraq -- much of which was
stored by the Hussein regime in hospitals, schools, and mosques.
- The CPA has hired more than 11,000 Iraqis to guard key facilities
around the country.
- Coalition forces, with information from an Iraqi, conducted
operations that lead to the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein
following their refusal to surrender. To date, 37 of the top 55
most wanted Iraqis have been captured or killed. With the deaths
of Uday and Qusay, more and more Iraqis are freed from their fear
and are volunteering their services and information.
- Coalition forces continue to take the offensive against the
remnants of the Ba'athist regime who are targeting the sites and
symbols of reconstruction and stabilization successes.
- An Iraqi Civil Defense Force will help U.S. and Coalition
forces in rooting out Saddam loyalists and criminal gangs who
have been attacking military forces and obstructing reconstruction
efforts. Four thousand Iraqi militiamen will be trained by U.S.
troops over the next eight weeks.
- In Basra, 500 river police have been patrolling since June 19.
- Some 148,000 U.S. service members and more than 13,000 Coalition
troops from 19 countries are serving in Iraq.
- Most of Iraq is calm and progress on the road to democracy and
freedom not experienced in decades continues. Only in isolated areas
are there still attacks.
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