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60 Iraqi battalions unaccounted for or defeated
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:55 am
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:55 am
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American officials said their assessment was that five of the Iraqi Army’s 14 divisions were “combat ineffective,” including the two that were overrun in Mosul.
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Michael Knights, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, wrote recently that 60 out of 243 Iraqi Army combat battalions “cannot be accounted for, and all of their equipment is lost.”
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Earlier this year, the military had just three Cessna aircraft able to deliver American-made Hellfire missiles, but recently the army was down to two aircraft and was running out of missiles, officials said.
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The Iraqi military is not practiced at maneuvering on the battlefield and has become a “checkpoint army,” a force that is adept at checking identification but not at taking the fight to its enemy,
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:06 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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Michael Knights, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, wrote recently that 60 out of 243 Iraqi Army combat battalions “cannot be accounted for, and all of their equipment is lost.”
Sounds like the after-action report on the NOPD after Katrina.
Anyone checked for a fleet of Escalades heading toward Teheran?
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 10:07 am
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:06 am to GeauxxxTigers23
::gameover::
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:13 am to ninthward
ISIS stacked. Iraq fricked.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:14 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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60 Iraqi battalions unaccounted for or defeated
Buyer's market for Iraqi Army rifles. Never fired, only dropped once.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:16 am to GeauxxxTigers23
This is what happens when you replace officers due to politics. You get a political army. Political armies do what politicians do. They run away from the real issues so they can campaign on trying to fix them.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:25 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Well, this is encouraging news.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:31 am to Ace Midnight
Oh yeah, forgot to add, ISIS now controls all the border checkpoints along the Syrian AND Jordanian borders.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:38 am to GeauxxxTigers23
For a non military mind, how many troops is this?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:40 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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Oh yeah, forgot to add, ISIS now controls all the border checkpoints along the Syrian AND Jordanian borders.
They also killed two Iranian border guards.
shite, fan, some assembly required.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:43 am to bamarep
Battalion = Between 300 and 1200 troops, depending on the number of companies within it.
So this is somewhere between 18,000 and 72,000 troops.
So this is somewhere between 18,000 and 72,000 troops.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:46 am to teke184
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So this is somewhere between 18,000 and 72,000 troops.
Even the low end of that spectrum is an alarming number.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:48 am to imjustafatkid
American infantry battalions number around 1000 soldiers. Give or take. Iraqi units are probably a bit smaller. Maybe even half the size.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:54 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:Is this good or bad?
Oh yeah, forgot to add, ISIS now controls all the border checkpoints along the Syrian AND Jordanian borders.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:56 am to LSURussian
I don't know. I'm just passing the info along.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:58 am to LSURussian
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Is this good or bad?
Well it's good on the Syrian side, but bad on the Iraqi side.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 11:01 am to bamarep
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For a non military mind, how many troops is this?
If they were U.S. battalions - that's about 6 divisions worth of combat power, but no services/support.
A battalion varies but for a line unit, that represents about 30k to 50k troops, give or take. Not sure exactly how the Iraqi battalions are organized, but that's ballpark.
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 11:02 am
Posted on 6/23/14 at 11:01 am to GeauxxxTigers23
There is a VICE episode that focuses on the Iraq "military" and their effectiveness. They expect American military units to handle the combat and they just tag along and shoot at random things, giving the impression that they are comically inept. Very few of them were actually fit for combat and the notion that so many are unaccounted for is still surprising.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 11:30 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Rand Paul said on Meet the Press, Sunday:
That's as about as on point as it gets. He was very, very good. Gregory has a way of making people look bad on that show. He did clumsily try to pivot to Behghazi at one point but other than that I'd give him an A+
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"If the sons of Mosul don't think Mosul is worth fighting for, how can I ask my son or your son to fight for it".
That's as about as on point as it gets. He was very, very good. Gregory has a way of making people look bad on that show. He did clumsily try to pivot to Behghazi at one point but other than that I'd give him an A+
Posted on 6/23/14 at 11:36 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:Okay.
I don't know. I'm just passing the info along.
For me this whole Sunni vs. Shiite Muslim war is like watching Nigeria vs. Argentina in the World Cup.
I really don't care who wins......
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