Iraqi Defense Official: Army Has Lost 7 Divisions; Losses At $10b -- Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Since they began their blitz just over a fortnight ago, Sunni insurgents in Iraq have destroyed half of the Iraqi army and inflicted $10 billion in losses, a senior Iraqi defense official said.
Those losses continued to mount Wednesday as the jihadi-led insurgents reportedly overran the Ajeel oil site east of the captured city of Tikrit, and Iraqi television showed helicopters flying in troops as fighting continued for Baiji, the country’s largest oil refinery.
Meanwhile, Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki poured cold water on any hope of a resolution to the serious gripes of the country’s very large Sunni and Kurdish populations that lie at the heart of Iraq’s problems.
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My Comment: These loses are staggering and mind-boggling .... and I suspect that the real numbers are probably higher. The Iraqi military is finished .... the only thing that stands between Sunni insurgents and Baghdad are the Shiite militias .... and I doubt that they are ready to face battle-hardened Sunni militants who are now heavily armed with captured weaponry.
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The wait and see policie sure is working out well just like Syria.
" Sunni insurgents in Iraq have destroyed half of the Iraqi army" There was not an army there to destroy.
Good point James. On paper there was an army .... in reality no.
Why would the Shia militias not be able to stand against the Sunnis?
I believe that many militias would not be able to do so.
But what about the Shia militia men coming form Syria and what about Iranians leavening the Shia militias?
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