WASHINGTON - A raid on suspected terrorists in northern Iraq failed after Iraqi soldiers ran out of gas and couldn't send half their men to the mission, a U.S. commander says.
The incident illustrates "a critical weakness" in the Iraqi security forces, which still have "a way to go" in learning logistics and other soldiering skills, said U.S. Army Col. Stephen M. Twitty.
Twitty commands the 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in northern Iraq, where the main job is doing counterinsurgency operations and training local forces in intelligence, engineering, medical evacuation and other skills they need to take over the country's security themselves.
"We lost valuable …
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