Article: Rumsfeld: Iraq Security Forces Expanding

JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-11-2004
Dateline: KABUL, Afghanistan


Left to right, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Afghan Minister of Defense Fahim Khan attend a meeting at the Ministry of Defense Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rumsfeld is on a weeklong multi-nation overseas trip. (AP Photo/ Shaun Heasley, Pool)

Iraqi security forces should grow by 50,000 trained and equipped personnel during the next three or four months, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said as he acknowledged the forces so far have had a mixed record on the battlefield.

Some Iraqi units are simply ...

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