US looks to train 28,000 Iraqi police in Hungary

The United States wants to train up to 28,000 Iraqi police officers at a military base in Hungary as American authorities struggle to bring law and order to Iraq.

Officials said the US was holding talks with Nato ally Hungary about using Taszar Air Base to train thousands of Iraqis in police skills in the next several months, but no final agreement had been reached.

A spokeswoman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad said US officials had set the goal of training and deploying 65,000 Iraqi police officers around the country.

Herald Feature: Iraq