US probe finds Iraqi security forces plagued by mass desertions

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Fledgling Iraqi security forces are "unready" to fight anti-government insurgents as their units remain inadequately trained, underequipped and suffer from a desertion rate sometimes exceeding 80 percent, a US congressional probe has found. snip

"Iraqi security forces proved unready to take over security responsibility from the multinational force, as demonstrated by their collapse during April 2004," stated the document prepared for the heads of the international relations committees in the Senate and House of Representatives.


As many as 82 percent of personnel deserted from Iraqi Civil Defense Corps units deployed in Western Iraq and around the town of Fallujah last April, when anti-American guerrillas launched a spate of deadly strikes against coalition forces, congressional investigators found.


The desertion rate reached 49 percent in corps units deployed in and around Baghdad, while in towns like Baqubah, Tikrit, Karbala, Najaf and Kut, it stood at 30 percent.

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[readmylips]

1. New Jobs are coming.....why risk your life...

trying to be a cop when you know for sure, you'll be killed. Why not wait for new jobs, as bush promises. So far, the best high paying jobs are reserved for mercenary Americans.

[daleo]

2. They may be ready, willing, and able to fight

Just not on the side that the BFEE would like.

[leftofthedial]

3. Oh, this is really just too low, even for the liberal commie press

Our President and Saviour, President Bush, has already promised us that this problem would be solved.

I prefer to believe his words instead of yours. Unless of course, for his words on video in that satanist Michael Moore's so-called movie. Those were just made up by Moore because he hates our Lord.

[Jose Diablo]

4. Not desertion per sey

went to the opposite sides. Look for a civil war to break-out shortly.

[Barrett808]

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[Judi Lynn]

6. Very interesting! Wonder why we haven't heard more about this!

As a bonus, no electricity, still!

Eight out of 18 Iraqi governorates had electricity for an average of eight or fewer hours a day, while nine had power for between nine and 15 hours, the investigators said.

How well would this country fare under these conditions?

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