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GOOD MORNING,
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EVERYBODY. I'M DANIELLE PLETKA, VICE-PRESIDENT FOR FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY STUDIES HERE AT THE AMERICAN SPER PRIZE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I DO...
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| 00:00:27 |
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ABADI COULD NOT JOIN US ALTHOUGH WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE WITH US ADD INIER ABADI, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE IRAQI JOINT FORCES, AND SUPPORTS THE...
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| 00:03:17 |
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AS YOU ALL KNOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IRAQ IS STRUGGLING TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENCE. THE COALITION HAPPENEDED US A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SET UP A NEW...
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| 00:17:36 |
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MY BRIEF PRESENTATION HERE. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS REGARDING THE WAY AHEAD IN IRAQ FOR THE UNITED STATES. THE FIRST HAS TO DO WITH...
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| 00:17:47 |
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THE POLICE. THE SECOND THE SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ AND FINALLY, THE END GAME. HOW DOES THIS END IN NOT ONE OR TWO YEARS BUT HOW DO WE SET CONDITIONS...
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| 00:18:27 |
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FORCES. THAT ACTUALLY OUR PROBLEMS HAVE TO DO WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND THE POLICE. THIS IS CRUCIAL IN IRAQ, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT APPEARS...
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| 00:29:47 |
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HIS SERVICE AND HIS MEN.
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| 00:29:52 |
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MANY CARICATURE THE MILITARY AND THEY MISS IT. THE GENERAL IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF IRAQIS AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED....
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| 00:37:10 |
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CAN DIRECT INITIAL QUESTIONS TO THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL WHO HAS TRAVELED THE GREATEST DISTANCE TO BE WITH US TODAY. YOUNG LADY IN THE GRAY TOP. THANK...
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| 00:37:44 |
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THERE HAS BEEN TALK TO GOING SOMEWHERE TO THE 300'S AND THEN AN ESSAY QUESTION, WOULD YOU TELL US WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE TO STAND UP...
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| 00:38:25 |
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ITS PROGRESS. THE INSURGENTS ARE TARGETING,
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| 00:38:31 |
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THEY WERE TARGETING COALITION AND OUR FORCES AND THEN THEY
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| 00:38:36 |
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STARTED TARGETING CIVILIANS BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE WE PUT ON THEM. EVERYDAY WE GET ABOUT 40 TO 50U INSURGENTS CAPTURED THROUGH OUR FORCES IN THE COALITION...
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| 00:41:09 |
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WHEN DO YOU THINK CONDITIONS WILL BE RIGHT SO THERE COULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN
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| 00:41:16 |
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FORCES? >> THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR FORCE IS ABOUT, WOULD BE ABOUT 1,6 -- 160,000. WE HAVE 140 TO 150 NOW. WE HOPE BY THE END OF THE...
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| 00:41:38 |
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OF NEXT YEAR TO HAVE THE FULL FORCE AVAILABLE. WHAT WE ARE LACKING NOW IS THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE. WE HAVE THE FIGHTING MACHINE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE...
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| 00:43:49 |
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YOU GO BACK TO WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS PAST FEW WEEKS, I THINK THEY HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, ESPECIALLY IN THE EUPHRATES VALLEY. I TALKED THIS MORNING...
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| 00:44:00 |
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WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IT'S QUIET. THE ONLY CASUALTIES WE HAD WERE IN BAGHDAD. THAT WAS BECAUSE, I THINK, OF WHAT HAPPENED IN LEBANON, THE ISRAELI ATTACK....
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| 00:44:52 |
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ABOUT THE QUALITY AND NATURE OF THAT SUPPORT ? IS IT FINANCIAL ?
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| 00:44:56 |
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IS IT WEAPON >> I PERSONNEL? HOW IS THE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER? COMING CROSS PERSON BY PERSON? HOW DO YOU
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| 00:45:05 |
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ATTACK IT? HOW DO YOU ADDRESS IT? >> FIRST, YES, YES, IT'S FINANCIAL AND EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE A VERY
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| 00:45:18 |
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LONG BORDER WITH IRAN. IT EXTENDS ABOUT 100 MILES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE BORDER PROTECTION FORCE IS AGAINST A NEW FORCE. WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT...
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| 00:45:35 |
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MANNING. THEY ARE LIKE US, THE POLICE HAVE JUST STARTED THERE. IT IS NOT A SECURE BORDER. WE DON'T HAVE THE DEPTH THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, THE ARMY BEHIND...
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| 00:46:22 |
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HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN SECTARIAN VIOLENCE AND THEY ARE WIDELY PERCEIVED AS REDUESING SUNNI SECURITY. DO YOU THINK THE SECURITY FORCES CAN ADEQUATELY...
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| 00:47:05 |
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ON SUNNIS, KURDS AND SHI'AS. BUT BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION OF IRAQ, 65% BEING SHI'A, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF SHI'A. WE HAVE A LOT OF KURDS...
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| 00:48:41 |
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IS DISQUALIFIED FROM FIGHTING SUNNI. I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD DO THE JOB ASSIGNED NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE DEALING WITH. >> LET ME JUMP IN ON THIS ONE....
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| 00:49:16 |
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IN A WAY THAT IS EXTREMELY SIMPLISTIC. IT ALL DE13E7BDS HOW A UNIT COMPORTS ITSELF. MANY PEOPLE IN MANY PLACES WANT SECURITY. IF A UNIT IS CAPABLE...
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| 00:50:20 |
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AND SOME MILITARY? >> IF YOU LOSE A PORTION OF
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| 00:50:23 |
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YOUR GEAR, YOU CAN BE PUT IN PRISON. IS THIS A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS THE M.O.D. AND THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR? OR A PROBLEM ONLY LIMITED TO THE MINISTRY...
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| 00:50:42 |
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IS FROM THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, BUT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COALITION. WE HAVE ADVISEORS WORKING WITH EACH BRIGADE...
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| 00:51:02 |
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THERE IS A PRESENTATION FROM THE COALITION. NOT SO WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. THAT'S WHY YOU CAN NEVER -- YOU CAN, BUT, YOU NEVER SEE A MILITARY...
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| 00:52:09 |
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WITH EXACT ONES. NOW WE ARE TRYING FOR THE UNIFORMS, WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE NEW UNIFORMS ESPECIALLY FOR THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.
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| 00:52:19 |
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BECAUSE THEY HAVE STARTED USING OUR UNIFORMS. SO THERE WILL BE SPECIAL UNIFORMS FOR THEM. THE VEHICLES THAT THEY DRIVE, WE TRY TO GET A SPECIAL TAG THAT...
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| 00:53:13 |
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MILITARY EQUIPMENT AS FORCES ROTATE IN AND OUT
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| 00:53:16 |
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OF THEATER? >> WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? YOU SPOKE OF AIRPOWER. COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? >> I THINK THE COALITION IS THINKING OF GIVING US THINGS LIKE HUMVEES...
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| 00:53:39 |
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AND THE NAVY IS TO SUPPORT THE ARMY IN ITS ROLE IN FIGHTING
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| 00:53:45 |
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THE INSURGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT THAT WE HAVE ARE SOLELY TO SUPPORT THE ARMY. WE HAVE PO 30 AIRCRAFT AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, A GIFT FROM THE U.S. AND...
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| 00:55:41 |
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TURKISH PRIME MINISTER. HOW DO YOU EXPECT THAT SUPPORT TO BE MANIFESTED UNDERGROUND? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TOO. AS MY FRIEND MIKE SAID, VIOLENCE...
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| 00:56:37 |
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A MILITARY MAN, BUT THIS THING I THINK IS A POLITICAL ISSUE AND CAN ONLY BE HANDLED POLITICALLY AND NOT THROUGH MILITARY MEANS. >> COULD I JUMP IN...
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| 00:57:14 |
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TERRORIST ATTACKS OTHER THE LAST WEEK OR SO WHICH IS SPARKING THIS CRISIS AND BASICALLY A LOT OF THE EXPLOSIVES ARE SMUGGLED ACROSS THAT BORDER. ...
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| 00:58:02 |
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PERHAPS AND HE HAS DONE A HUGE SERVICE NOT JUST FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR THE ENTIRE IRAQI MILITARY. LET US KNOW THESE ARE REALLY SERIOUS PEOPLE. THEY...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.