Officials grapple with ethnic split in Iraqi forces
More Sunni troops sought
WASHINGTON -- Sunni Arabs are heavily underrepresented among the rank and file of Iraq's new security forces, according to US officials, leaving the US-trained army and police units prone to the same sectarian divisions that have led to sharply increased violence among the general population in recent weeks. (Full article: 1171 words)
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