Meanwhile, the New York Times is reporting the US military is planning to increase the number of personnel advising and monitoring Iraqi police units. Military officials called the initiative an effort to curb abuse among Iraqi police units accused of mistreating Sunni Arabs. Groups of about 40 American soldiers are currently attached to several Iraqi police brigades. Under the new plan, all the Iraqi units would get American advisers, and the advisers’ total number would be increased by several hundred. In one case, the Times reports an entire US battalion, on average numbering more than 500 soldiers, will be attached to a particular Iraqi brigade.