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US affirms Iraqi police training program

The US Embassy in Baghdad says it is scaling back efforts to train Iraqi police officials but has no plans to end the program completely. A statement Sunday by the Embassy denied a report in The New York Times that the US$500 million Police Development Program could be eliminated by the end of the year.

The Associated Press reports:

The US Embassy in Baghdad says it is scaling back efforts to train Iraqi police officials but has no plans to end the program completely.

A statement Sunday by the Embassy denied a report in The New York Times that the US$500 million Police Development Program could be eliminated by the end of the year.