(New York Times) - Peter S. Green Washington has permission from Hungary to train up to 3,000 Iraqis to accompany a U.S. force in Iraq. The first group of volunteers is training at the Hungarian Air Force base in Taszar. Maj. Gen. David W. Barno, in command of the training program, said recently that the Iraqis might serve as a local police force in areas captured by the Americans.
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