id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pst.000058162255 United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. U.S. military operations and stabilization activities in Iraq and Afghanistan : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, February 3, June 23, September 29, 2005 4.AR 5/3:S.HRG.109-386 2006 .txt text/plain 139602 9162 67 The Iraqis understand, however, very clearly the need for U.S. and coalition forces to stay and assist them in developing the capacity to ensure the security of their country. Iraq is the training, equipping, and mentoring of the Iraqi security forces—in sufficient numbers and sufficient quality—so that they will be able to take over responsibility for defending their nation from both external and internal threats. the country and the new terrorists like Zarqawi who have joined them to fight democracy that the overwhelming majority of the Iraqi people do not support them. courage of the Iraqi security forces and their leadership, whose members step forward-as they did on election day-in defense of their country to overcome the terrorism, threats, and intimidation directed against them and their families. As conditions warrant, Multi-National Force-Iraq will progressively transition the counterinsurgency mission to capable Iraqi security forces and assign coalition forces to supporting roles with a less ./cache/pst.000058162255.pdf ./txt/pst.000058162255.txt