After $20 billion of Pentagon money, the 530,000 paid Iraq security forces are still years away from bringing security to Iraq.  USA Today’s Matt Kelley drew this information from the Special Inspector General of Iraq’s quarterly progress report on reconstruction. The reports finds that while 530,000 forces are on the payroll, many are killed, wounded or never showed up for their job.

The Bush administration is currently looking for another $1 billion for these police and military forces. It’s part of the $108 billion requested for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read Kelley here. MB

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