"Q: Can newly trained Iraqi forces handle those security problems?"
A: "The coalition says it has now trained roughly 425,000 Iraqi military, police and other security forces and that those forces are improving. But the Iraqis still for the most part do not operate without U.S. help. A sobering test of their abilities took place in recent weeks when an Iraqi-planned offensive in Basra failed in its stated goal of routing warring Shiite militants from the southern city, with some forces refusing to fight or deserting their posts."
As the Iraqi forces stand up, they run away.
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