Iraq's New Model Army -- BBC News
In the auditorium at the Joint Staff College at Camp Rustumiya, Baghdad, 64 new Iraqi army officers gathered for their graduation ceremony.
One by one they marched to the front, stamped to attention and received their new badges, as well as a gift-wrapped mobile telephone.
Chief of Staff Gen Badurkhan Zebari Babakir was there, and with him the commander of the Nato Training Mission in Iraq, Gen Frank Helmick.
Gen Babakir told the graduates that the new armed forces were "proud to provide a safe environment for the Iraqi people".
Gen Helmick cautioned the new officers "not to revert back to the way it used to be - but do things they way they should be".
He emphasised an essential difference between the new Iraqi army and the military that served under Saddam Hussein, always fearful of their mercurial leader.
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My Comment: One can easily visualize the Iraq Army to be equal to the Israeli Army in terms of professionalism and expertise within 10 - 15 years.
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