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| Iraq |
| Commando forces of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) carried out an operation in Nineveh Province and killed 42 militants of the extremist Islamic State |
| 2020-12-14 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 After the US left in 2011, the Iraqi military and police leadership were replaced by (more?) corrupt sectarian (read Shiite) political cronies. Troops weren't getting paid on time, vehicles not maintained and leaders were not there to lead. Ripe for the picking. |
| Posted by: Ulavirong Omeager2818 2020-12-14 08:39 |
| #1 "One-third of Iraqi army and Federal Police brigades collapsed in June 2014, but the Counter-Terrorism Service lasted and spearheaded the counter-attack at Tikrit, Beyji, Ramadi, and eventually Mosul. The U.S.-trained Counter-Terrorism Service kept fighting because of the essential correctness of the force’s basic conception, recruitment, leadership, and training. What factors made the service so robust when the rest of Iraq’s security forces proved so brittle? Size is a definite factor. The Counter-Terrorism Service stayed small, never exceeding around 12,500 personnel." |
| Posted by: b 2020-12-14 08:31 |