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This doesn't seem accurate. I think we mostly trained them on how to fight and unconventional war because that's what we were fighting in Iraq at the time. ISIS came in using pretty conventional light infantry/mobilized infantry tactics and fricked the Iraqis up pretty bad.

Basically, they knew how to stand checkpoints and patrol for IEDs but not set up a proper defensive position or how to use fire and maneuver to attack.

That's my 2 cents but I haven't been to Iraq since 05 and was never involved with training their forces.

Yeah, I would say IEDs and suicide bombings has turned into conventional war nowadays. I guess Iraqi military didn't expect ISIS to be as strong as they are, and maybe all those training Iraq didn't see this coming either.

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Posted by GeauxxxTigers23

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Posted on 3/22/15 at 12:14 pm to windshieldman

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Yeah, I would say IEDs and suicide bombings has turned into conventional war nowadays. I guess Iraqi military didn't expect ISIS to be as strong as they are, and maybe all those training Iraq didn't see this coming either.

No, what I'm saying is that when ISIS invaded Iraq they used a lot of conventional infantry tactics to take ground. Sure, the used bombings and IEDs by locals who were sympathetic to their cause behind Iraqi lines to create havoc and then assaulted Iraqi positions using the same tactics that modern militaries use. The Iraq army wasn't prepared for infantry assaults on their positions.

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