Found at McClatchy:
Bush wants $600 million for Iraq police; but cuts aid to U.S. cops
— At the same time the Bush administration has been pushing for deep cuts in a popular crime-fighting program for states and cities, the White House has been fighting for approval of $603 million for the Iraqi police.
The White House earlier this year proposed slashing the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program, which helps local law enforcement officials deal with violent crime and serious offenders, to $200 million in the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
In 2002, the year before the Iraq war, the program received $900 million.
When Will This Country WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Especially when you consider its $600 million for a militia (the Badr Brigade) which essentially controls the Iraqi police forces. In short, its money to fund attacks by one shi’ite militia which supports the Maliki government against another one (Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army) which doesn’t.
Could it be because Maliki will sign a Status of Forces Agreement with the US which will legitimize our continued occupation of Iraq after 2008 that no other political party of organization in Iraq favors?