farquar
05-06-2005, 05:21 PM
A battalion of Iraq's elite commando troops was pulled out of the rebel bastion of Samarra last month after repeated incidents of looting, culminating in the torching of a home, several US officers said Thursday.
The battalion, headed by a colonel named Jalil, was widely perceived as running amok, officers said.
US soldiers regularly referred to the commandos as "thieves" and said there were several incidents where Jalil's men looted homes. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13427
The battalion, headed by a colonel named Jalil, was widely perceived as running amok, officers said.
US soldiers regularly referred to the commandos as "thieves" and said there were several incidents where Jalil's men looted homes. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13427