500 to train in Jordan

500 Iraqis have arrived in Jordan to begin police training:

A first batch of 500 Iraqi policemen and troops will begin an eight-week training session in Jordan in December, an official told AFP on Wednesday.

“A first group of 500 policemen and troops are expected to arrive in Jordan in December to undergo a training session that will last eight weeks,” the official said.

He said that the police recruits will train in facilities erected in eastern Jordan while the troops will take their courses in the military academy in Amman.

According to the official, this initial training session is aimed at “forming instructors” who will later train other policemen and troops inside Iraq.A second group of 1,000 recruits is also expected in Jordan “quickly,” the official said.