Army journal cites problems with Iraqis (in military training) [View All]

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Army journal cites problems with Iraqis
By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. - Iraqi soldiers being trained by American military advisers go on rampages, flee from dangerous situations and waste ammunition in undisciplined bursts of fire at any provocation, according to an account in a U.S. Army journal.

In contrast to the iron discipline imposed during Saddam Hussein's regime, "the new army serves the cause of freedom, and officers and soldiers alike are a bit confused about what this means," Lt. Col. Carl D. Grunow wrote in the July-August issue of Military Review.

Iraqi soldiers frequently use excessive force, going on retaliatory rampages after colleagues are killed by insurgents, Grunow wrote in the journal, a publication of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

"The `burst reaction' may be attributed to Iraqis experiencing denial, anger and grief all at the same time," he wrote.

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