October 24, 2004
Weekend Pass
Iraqi trainees massacred, St. Valentines style...
In an attack that indicated collusion with real or impersonating authorities, fifty some Iraqi miltary trainees were killed in Iraq after attending a training session.
It is unclear what level of complicity or penetration exists within the trainees or those who knew of their mission. It's possible it's a matter of mere dumb luck that this bus of unarmed trainees was hit. But it's more likely not the case.
These incidents make us wonder - those who decry the dissolution of the Baathists and the old Iraqi army, do they not expect that such people would behave in a similar, treacherous fashion? The best solution seems a long term re-establishment of a new, uncronyed Iraqi armed forces.
But for God's sake... don't send them anywhere unarmed - they are targets moreso than any other group in Iraq.
Posted by MEC2 at October 24, 2004 10:11 PM