Iraqi Civilian Defense Corps fights alongside insurgents in Fallujah

Buried in this WashTimes article:

Witnesses said members of the U.S.-trained Iraqi Civilian Defense Corps appeared to be helping supply fighters inside the mosque during the battle. A Pentagon official in Washington was unable to comment on the claim.

See also:
"Iraqi Army" turns on the Americans

Iraqi Police in Fallujah Fight Against US Marines

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Hamza Hendawi has finally decided to cover this story for the AP, pretty much reiterating what is well known already - most Iraqi police are cooperating with the insurgents. It seems likely from statements from Iraqis that almost inadvertently get reported that this is also true about Fallujah. Hendawi does include one rather humorous comment from Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:

In Falljuah - where Marines are battling Sunni insurgents - police were conducting operations with U.S. forces, said Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But, he said, "There are other instances where Iraqi forces have not been as aggressive."

If there are "Iraqi police" conducting operations in Fallujah, they are likely Kurdish peshmergas. Until the military news blackout is over in Fallujah, we'll just have to speculate.

Comments

[angel2000]

All they need is the Kurds to join in and America will have successfully united Iraq.

[tex]

No kidding.

Robert Fisk: "The British took three years to turn both the Sunnis and the Shias into their enemies in 1920. The Americans are achieving it in just under a year."

[want to know]

I am curious about exactly how many American troops have been killed and injured and how many U.S. mercs (civilian contractors using weapons) have been killed and injured?

Shouldn't those statistics be made public or is this an example of the "we don't do body counts" or is this an example of Rumsfeld not having his "metrics"?

Finally, who is going to take the role that Walter Conkrite did in Vietnam and announce on national news that "we are losing this war"?

[tommy]

OK, I will play Walter Cronkite.

HEADLINE NEWS IRAQ

"We are losing this war. And that's the way it is."

[want to know]

ATTN: Tommy

OK, I will play Walter Cronkite.

HEADLINE NEWS IRAQ

"We are losing this war. And that's the way it is."

DID YOU ANNOUNCE THIS ON FOX NEWS?