Iraq admits split in army

[kskiska]

Source ::: REUTERS

BAGHDAD • Iraqi authorities admitted yesterday to divided loyalties within their security forces, which are widely believed to be infiltrated by Shi’ite militias embroiled in the country’s sectarian killings.

“I cannot deny a problem with Iraq’s security forces. I cannot guarantee their complete loyalty to the government. There are some corrupt groups in their ranks,” said Ali Al Dabbagh, spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki.

“But we are taking measures against these groups. More than 6,000 people have been dismissed from the interior ministry,” he said.

“We are also trying to educate them. We’re explaining they must forget past allegiances. ‘You are getting your salary from the government. That’s who you owe your allegiance to’,” the spokesman said.

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[hatrack]

1. Do tell!

:eyes:

[Erika]

2. You owe your soul to the company store

Tennessee Williams (Ernie) Ford.

[LeighAnn]

3. Who knew?

Yet another unforeseeable tragedy under Bush and Condi's watch. Like September 11 or Katrina, who on Earth could have imagined something like this could ever happen?
:shrug:

[frylock]

4. this should make shithead's show tomorrow all the more entertaining

[MADem]

5. Why ah;m jus' shawked, ah tell ya!! Who could have EVER known???

No WONDER they need twenty thousand of our poor slobs on the street...between the unreliables, and the fact that some of those infiltrating militiamen want to take leave to go kill a few Sunnis, they're SHORT HANDED, poor dears......

[Javaman]

6. I'm glad the U.S. has been training all of these people.

It's as if someone was pushing for a civil war...naaaa, perish the thought, because our soldiers perish daily.

[yellowcanine]

7. Sounds as if they have this democracy thing worked out. Good to know.

:sarcasm:

[On the Road]

8. My Big Fear is That Once the US Pulls Out

the military will split into two or three opposing units which will then fight each other and possibly draw surrounding nations into the conflict. Preventing that is the one positive thing continued US presence is accomplishing.