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To: saquin
But when heavy fighting erupted as the Marines arrived Monday near the city, all but about 20 of the Iraqi ICDC troops fled.

Not a good sign
3 posted on 04/08/2004 2:58:17 PM PDT by konijn
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To: konijn
No, it's not a good sign. But at least those 20 stayed. They will be the leaders of any new Iraqi army.
4 posted on 04/08/2004 3:01:32 PM PDT by saquin
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To: konijn
Well, they were trained by the French. What do you expect? Bravery?
7 posted on 04/08/2004 4:15:55 PM PDT by PokeyJoe (FreeBSD; The devil made me do it..)
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