Thursday, January 24, 2008

U.S. Training Palestinian Lahad "Forces" in Jordan


Palestinian Lahad Forces Which Have Already Received U.S. "Law and Order" Training, Practicing What They Have Learned

"The first battalion of Palestinian security forces crossed into Jordan on
Thursday to begin training under a U.S. program
after nearly a year-long delay.

Washington wants to train the backbone of a Palestinian gendarmerie but the program is projected to graduate only 2,000 men in 2008....

The first battalion of nearly 700 U.S.-screened recruits to serve in an overhauled National Security Force crossed the Israeli-controlled Allenby Bridge, in the West Bank, into Jordan for what officials called "law and order" training. The eventual plan is for a nearly 50,000-member gendarmerie in the West Bank........"

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