To add a bit more to this morning’s post on increasing the end-strength of the Iraqi security forces: according to Major General Benjamin Mixon, commander of U.S. troops in the Iraqi north, members of those same security forces collaborated in the attack on the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. Mixon says he’s going to reinforce Samarra — with another Iraqi Army brigade.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180642