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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 21 > Iraqi budget difficulties force hiring freeze for security forces

Iraqi budget difficulties force hiring freeze for security forces

By Kim Gamel / The Bulletin
March 21, 2009

UMM QASR, Iraq — The drop in oil prices has forced Iraq’s military and police to put recruiting on hold even as the U.S. hands over more responsibility for protecting the country.

The freeze is stalling efforts to hire Sunni ex-insurgents and has prompted the Iraqi military....

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