[Fitzy_888]

According to Col. Hunt a 12,000 man Iraqi army force was captured or ran from a 800 man force of ISIL.

[Alberta's Child]

I think it's a little more complicated than that, as one astute Freeper pointed out.

The ISIL is a Sunni militia that began taking over Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq. The Iraqi police and military personnel in those areas capitulated as much out of a sense of loyalty as anything else. We can all be pretty sure that the Shi'ites in the Baghdad area won't be surrendering like that -- and it looks like they may have Iranian military support behind them, too.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

According to Col. Hunt a 12,000 man Iraqi army force was captured or ran from a 800 man force of ISIL.

If this is true, the cowardice and incompetence of the Iraqi military and individual soldier knows no bounds.