After more than $1.6 billion in U.S. aid, Iraq’s army still struggles
In the days before his death last month, Col. Ihab Hashem al-Araji confided that his battle against the Islamic State too often felt like a suicide mission, despite the more than $1.6 billion in U.S. arms and training that has flowed to the Iraqi army over the past two years. He had even begun taking […]Loveday Morris and Missy Ryan report for The Washington Post:
In the days before his death last month, Col. Ihab Hashem al-Araji confided that his battle against the Islamic State too often felt like a suicide mission, despite the more than $1.6 billion in U.S. arms and training that has flowed to the Iraqi army over the past two years.
He had even begun taking a white funeral shroud to the battlefield with him.
