The controversy followed last-minute changes made in the final draft of the report after the Defense Department maintained that its conclusions were too harsh and insisted that some of the information it contained -- such as the extent of a fall in the number of Iraqi army units capable of operating without U.S. assistance -- should not appear in the final, unclassified version.
Tom at Atrio's place brought this to my attention a bit ago and I'm still puzzled about why they would insist that this is hush-hush info. After all, back in September 2005 we were told by Gen. Casey that the number of Iraqi battalions capable of operating independently dropped from 3 to 1:
Associated Press
Updated: 11:47 a.m. MT Sept 29, 2005
WASHINGTON -
The number of Iraqi battalions capable of combat without U.S. support has dropped from three to one, the top American commander in Iraq told Congress Thursday, prompting Republicans to question whether U.S. troops will be able to withdraw next year.
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