Iraqi forces ill-equipped for west Baghdad battlefields

[Barrett808]

Iraqi forces ill-equipped for west Baghdad battlefields
by Paul Schemm
Wed Jul 26, 7:56 AM ET

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Somewhere around the fourth car bomb attack against their checkpoint, the Iraqi army soldiers pulled out of their position on a once busy commercial thoroughfare in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad.

Now they "guard" the debris-littered street, complete with the burned-out carcasses of three car bombs, from the safety of nearby buildings.

On Tuesday, US President George W. Bush announced that more US troops are being moved into Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods to back up their embattled local allies.

On the ground, Iraqi security forces appear under-equipped and unable to shoulder the security burden in the restive west of the capital.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060726/wl_mideast_afp/iraqussecuritybaghdad

[bemildred]

1. Smart fellows. "Stooge target" is not a good job. nt

[Az_lefty]

2. The Iraqi Army can't even control a street corner in W. Baghdad

How are they ever going to take over security for the whole damned country????? :grr: