LESSONS ENCOUNTERED

Hammes
115
Ibid.
116
Loveday Morris, “50,000 ‘ghost soldiers’ found in Iraq’s army,” Washington Post, December
1, 2004, A14.
117
Robert M. Perito, “The Iraqi Federal Police: U.S. Police Building under Fire,” U.S. Institute
of Peace, October 2011, 2, available at .
118
Bruce R. Pirnie and Edward O’Connell, Counterinsurgency in Iraq, 2003–2006 (Santa
Monica, CA: RAND, 2008), 49.
119
Ibid., 49–50.
120
Robert Perito, “Policing Iraq: Protecting Iraqis from Criminal Violence,” U.S. Institute
of Peace, June 2006, 2, available at .
121
William H. McMichael, “Retired Civilian Police Officer Praises Troops, Slams U.S.
Government Planning,” Army Times, May 7, 2007.
122
Perito, “The Iraqi Federal Police,” 4–5.
123
D. J. Elliott, “Training the Iraqi National Police,” The Long War Journal, July 3, 2007,
available at .
124
Perito, “The Iraqi Federal Police,” 5–6.
125
DOD, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, November 2006, 33.
126
Perito, “The Iraqi Federal Police,” 7.
127
John J. Kruzel, “Reform, Training Initiatives Improve Iraq’s National Police,” American
Forces Press Service, October 31, 2007.
128
DOD, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq (Washington, DC: DOD, March 2007),
32, available at .
129
DOD, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, November 2006, 32–33.
130
Robert Perito and Madeline Kristoff, “Iraq’s Interior Ministry: The Key to Police Reform,”
U.S. Institute of Peace, July 2009, 1.
131
DOD, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq (Washington, DC: DOD, March 2007),
34, available at .
132
DOD, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, December 2008, 32–42.
133
Perito and Kristoff, 3.
134
James Glanz and Riyahd Mohammed, “Premier Is Quietly Firing Fraud Monitors,” New
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135
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), Quarterly Report to the
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