Monday, 3 December 2007

60.000 Iraqis help manning checkpoint

60.000 Iraqi people are helping the government and foreign forces to actively manning control points, an official of the multinational force (MNF) said Monday.
Janah Hammoud, coordinator of media multinational force, told KUNA 77000 Iraqis were enrolled in the so-called "Awakening" advice of those who have fought against the al Qaeda militants along the coast Iraqi and American forces.
Those Iraqi fighters receive a monthly salary ranging between $ 300-400 paid by the coalition forces in addition to the premiums paid by the boards when the combatants to find or help find weapons caches, "said Hammoud.
He said that the multinational force is coordinating with the Iraqi government to mobilize fighters guidance in the security forces.
Hammoud said that the number of foreign fighters in Iraq have declined by 25 percent.
The media coordinator said crime was still high and said the coalition forces were still find arms shipped from Iran.

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