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Watchdog report finds numerous problems with Pentagon-led $1.6 billion Iraqi army 'training' program | 01 Oct 2015 |As the battles to retake the Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Baiji have stalled, the U.S.-led operation to 'train and assist' the Iraqi Army is facing its own internal problems, according to a Pentagon Inspector General report released Wednesday. The 48-page report is critical in its observations of the day-to-day workings of Operation Inherent Resolve's Iraqi train and assist program. The issues involve miscommunication between coalition training personnel and their command, delivery of incomplete equipment, unknown supply warehouse contents and inadequate billeting for Iraqi Army personnel…When the program started in Oct 2014, just a few months after the Iraqi army was routed from Mosul by the Islamic State, approximately $1.6 billion was allocated to help train 12 Iraqi brigades arm and supply I-CIA-SIS.