Considering all the sucess we are having it is a curious removal. I don't mind not knowing the reason for the time being - but I would like to know when the time is right.
A friend mentioned to me that he heard the commander was relieved because his column, advancing on Baghdad, was unable to keep pace with the main column whose flank it was suppose to be protecting. He mentioned that it had fallen a number of miles behind the main thrust.
This doesn't square very well with the regiments mission stated in the article: "His regiment is reported to have been used to pin down Republican Guard units in the city of Kut while the other two major units, the Fifth and Seventh Marines, crossed The Tigris River..."
Don't know what my friends source was? It's is possible my friend heard the real story before the powers that be came out with an "official (cover) story".