_'this_is_our_meal_ticket_out_of_iraq'_ 1214 "Long_way_to_go" before Iraqis take over security 1 hour, 23 minutes ago 041214 ... . *** * "Running away" in Mosul *** In Mosul, three-quarters of the 4,000-member police force ran when the unit came under attack from insurgents Nov. 12. The ranks of one Iraqi national guard battalion in Mosul dropped from 1,100 troops to fewer than 300 in mere hours. Two companies of Iraqi national guardsmen based there - about 200 men - disappeared, their facilities looted of weapons and equipment. 041214 ... OOps... * What's_reality * The_Saddam_magic - "Melted Away" 041214 what's it to you? who go blather from