Iraqi Army gets stuck

As fighting rages for a third day in the Iraqi cities of Basra, Baghdad and elsewhere between government forces and Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, and perhaps more troubling, between the Mahdi Army and its rival Shiite group the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, we’re being given a glimpse into how the Iraqi army functions without the safety net of American or British military support.

One aspect of the fight is how the IA is using its technically superior equipment to leverage some advantage over the militia groups.

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[David M]

The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 03/27/2008 - News and Personal dispatches from the front lines.

http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2008/03/from-front-03272008.html