Was the newspaper author actually on the scene to witness these events? If it actually is accurate portrial of what expired then hopefully the Iraqi commander in charge should be dismissed for derelection of duty. Meanwhile. I wonder how many Iraqi units are doing what is expected of them. We have read quite a few articles at FR in the past two months or so where Iraqi have operated independently with great success.
I would be carefull of this article. We don't really know how much of it is fabricated or not.