Iraq
Richtung Anarchie, Bürgerkrieg:
WASHINGTON (AFX) - Sectarian rivalries and inefficient Iraqi ministries could turn the Iraqi security forces into "militias or armed gangs," Lt. General John Vines, the senior US operational commander in Iraq, told The New York Times.
The comments came as it emerged that US forces suffered Thursday their deadliest day in Iraq since August last year.
In what the newspaper called "perhaps the bluntest public assessment yet by a senior military officer" of Iraq's future, Vines said in an interview
published Friday that the security forces were currently better organized than the Iraqi government.
"The ability of the ministries to support them, to pay them, to resupply them, provide them with water, ammunition, spare parts and weapons is not as advanced as the competence of the forces in the field," Vines said.
Sectarian divides in Iraq could put into question the nascent democratic process, he added. While the Dec 15 elections for a national assembly attracted a large number of voters, Vines said, "the vote is reported to primarily along sectarian lines."
Meanwhile, the US military today said a total of 11 US servicemen were killed in Iraq on Thursday, when more than 120 people lost their lives in one of the bloodiest days since the US-led invasion.
The US military on Thursday had only reported the loss of five soldiers killed near Karbala.
Dem irakischen Volk kommt noch schlimmeres.
Und wie werden die Nachbarländer reagieren?
Was macht Israel ohne Sharon? Kommt bald der nächste Krieg?
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