Iraq Is Having Problems Taking Over Responsibilities From The Americans

Staff Sgt. Gregory Smith, 535th Military Police Battalion, watches detainees below play a game of volleyball in the recreation yard from a catwalk at Camp Cropper, a Coalition Theater Internment Facility in western Baghdad, Feb. 19. Coalition forces are dedicated to providing the highest care and custody while supporting the efforts of the United Nations Security Council and the government of Iraq to maintain stability and security in the region. Department of Defense photo by Spc. Michael V. May.

Top Insurgents Escaped Prison Days After Iraq Took Over -- New York Times

BAGHDAD — An outsize ceremonial skeleton key traded hands last week in the official transfer of Camp Cropper, the last jail in Iraq that had been under American control. The Iraqi government was, one American general said, “equipped, prepared and poised to take over.”

But it did not end the dark history of prisons in Iraq over the last seven years: Just five days later, four prisoners, at least three of them said to be high-ranking members in the nation’s most violent insurgent group, escaped. The warden and several guards are nowhere to be found.

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My Comment: When inmates of this high caliber escape .... you know the system is rotten. Sadly .... this incident is one of many that reveals the obvious fact that the Iraqi Government is not ready to be given the reins of power and responsibility .... hell .... the Iraqi Government has not even gotten their act together to form a government since the elections.

But who am I to argue .... Iraq is now in the hands of the Iraqis, and the onus is on them to get their act together. But if Al Qaeda leaders continue to escape .... expect more carnage and destruction visiting ordinary Iraqi citizens in the weeks and months to come.