The Oct. 1-2 offensive in Samarra was the first major test of newly trained and equipped Iraqi security forces since April, when several battalions of national guard and army troops refused to fight in Fallujah and Baghdad's Sadr City after revolts.
Since then, the U.S.-led military coalition has upgraded training and provided more equipment and weapons to their Iraqi counterparts.
Tucson Citizen articleSince then, the U.S.-led military coalition has upgraded training and provided more equipment and weapons to their Iraqi counterparts.
However....
At least 300 Iraqi soldiers abandoned their 750-man unit after they were deployed to Samarra earlier this month as part of a U.S.-Iraqi operation to retake the militant-controlled city. Like similar incidents earlier this year in Fallujah and Baghdad's Sadr City, the desertions are prompting coalition officers to improve training for Iraqi recruits.
Apparently, it's not working.
You know, this is getting to be the rule, rather than the exception.
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