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Iraq like chicago { September 5 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-worums053441510sep05,0,3589637.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-worums053441510sep05,0,3589637.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines Rumsfeld: Iraq 'Better Every Day' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 5, 2003 Baghdad, Iraq - American officials want to speed up training for Iraqi security forces, including former members of Saddam Hussein's military and intelligence services, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday during his second visit to Iraq in four months. Making Iraq safe is a job for Iraqis, and no more U.S. troops are needed, he said after meeting with top officials of the U.S.-led occupation. "Mostly what we want is more Iraqi forces," he said. "Security is a problem, but it's a problem that, ultimately, the Iraqi people will deal with, with the help of coalition forces," the defense secretary said. Rumsfeld, who arrived in Baghdad yesterday afternoon, said the situation "is getting better every day." "I can see a change since I was here" in the spring, he said. "That is not to say it is not dangerous. It is. But it seems to me that the trajectory we're on is a good one." Despite problems in restoring and repairing Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad at night glows with light, he said: "For a city that's not supposed to have power, there's lights all over the place. It's like Chicago." The defense secretary said the U.S. military is "looking at ways of accelerating" the process of bringing former members of Saddam Hussein's military - and possibly his security services - into the Iraqi security forces. The United States formally disbanded the Iraqi military and the intelligence and security services that had supported Hussein's rule. He also said he hoped negotiations at the United Nations could result in a resolution that would encourage more countries to send troops to Iraq. Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc.

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