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New York Times: Iraqi army was the best case before the US withdrawal
4/16/15
Translate tomorrow Press / Baghdad: The New York Times, US, on Wednesday, said that the most important reasons that led to the Iraqi army's withdrawal from Mosul and Salahuddin in the month of June in front of militants "Daash", is controlled by corrupt officers of the military at the time, indicating that the army Iraq was the best case before the US withdrawal from the country.
The newspaper confirmed in its report issued today, "The American soldiers at the moment of their arrival in Iraq, specifically at Camp Taji, near Baghdad, were surprised by the level of the army's military status, citing the time itself that the Army was the best case in 2009 before the US withdrawal from the country."
The opinion of the newspaper, said that "the Iraqi army appeared on paper, at best before the US military withdrawal from the country, but after that withdrawal, senior Iraqi officers dominated the joints of the military establishment, and started to care about the purchase of food and water to the soldiers through their formation of committees for purchases, Vkther corruption and undermine performance military control because of corruption on the army, which resulted in the fall of Mosul, Salahuddin, however, militants Daash. "
She said he "was not part of the army, but at checkpoints scattered through the streets of the capital, with evidence that they did not register a crowd in front of progress militants" Daash "in Mosul, totaling in the hundreds, it collapsed four military brigades overnight in that city."
And focused on the newspaper to "count Iraqi soldiers actual military corps who their estimated 280 000 troops present the actual service, and this is the number, if it is true, from the huge numbers in the world, but sees military experts, the actual number is located in the Iraqi army is of 4 7 actual military brigades, and estimated the number of soldiers between these two figures by about 50 000 soldiers, according to the estimates of experts. "
The newspaper quoted the media director of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, Qais al-Rubaie said "The number is much, much more mentioned, there are 15 brigades militarily actually the army, or about 141 000 troops."
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