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03-18-2005, 12:28 PM
Jordan has "essential" role to play in Iraq (18/03/05)
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A top US army general on Thursday said that Jordan has an "essential" role to play in backing stability and security in Iraq. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, told reporters here at a roundtable meeting that the Kingdom "has the right to be proud of the role it has been playing in bringing again stability to this region."
Cadets are trained on policing methods
Myers said Jordan's current training of 3,000 Iraqi police and army cadets "will have a profound effect on the security situation" of the neighbouring country. Under the programme, which started in 2004, 32,000 Iraqi army and police recruits are expected to train in Jordan by 2006. "The cadets are being taught how to enforce the rule of the law rather than the rule of force," he added. He said he was "very impressed" with the training of the Iraqi Special Forces here.
Cadets receive "democratically based" policing methods and are educated on subjects such as human rights, community policing, domestic violence, search and seizure, and firearms training.
Myers, who met with top Jordan Armed Forces officers, said he "had a clear picture of how involved Jordan is" in world peacekeeping, particularly in Iraq, referring also to the Kingdom's field hospital in Fallujah. "Jordan is very involved in trying to make the world a better place," said the general, who has been on a five-day tour of Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
"I thought it was important to stop by Jordan and talk about military relationship and the many things that we have in common, including the vision for peace in this region," the general told reporters. Myers visited the Kingdom in 2002 and 1986, taking part in joint military exercises with the Jordanian army.
Source: Jordan Times
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A top US army general on Thursday said that Jordan has an "essential" role to play in backing stability and security in Iraq. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, told reporters here at a roundtable meeting that the Kingdom "has the right to be proud of the role it has been playing in bringing again stability to this region."
Cadets are trained on policing methods
Myers said Jordan's current training of 3,000 Iraqi police and army cadets "will have a profound effect on the security situation" of the neighbouring country. Under the programme, which started in 2004, 32,000 Iraqi army and police recruits are expected to train in Jordan by 2006. "The cadets are being taught how to enforce the rule of the law rather than the rule of force," he added. He said he was "very impressed" with the training of the Iraqi Special Forces here.
Cadets receive "democratically based" policing methods and are educated on subjects such as human rights, community policing, domestic violence, search and seizure, and firearms training.
Myers, who met with top Jordan Armed Forces officers, said he "had a clear picture of how involved Jordan is" in world peacekeeping, particularly in Iraq, referring also to the Kingdom's field hospital in Fallujah. "Jordan is very involved in trying to make the world a better place," said the general, who has been on a five-day tour of Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
"I thought it was important to stop by Jordan and talk about military relationship and the many things that we have in common, including the vision for peace in this region," the general told reporters. Myers visited the Kingdom in 2002 and 1986, taking part in joint military exercises with the Jordanian army.
Source: Jordan Times
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