Now that the US military is slapping itself on its back for taking control of Falluja, Mosul is out of control. Of course, nobody ever once suggested that such an event would take place when precious troops were rounded up for the battle in Falluja. Rummy was proven to be right once again, there are plenty of troops over there.
American Marines from Falluja and Iraqi National Guard (ING) battalions from Kurdish autonomous region have deployed to Mosul to reinforce American and ING units based in the city, Kurdish and American military officials said. They said the local security forces had lost control of much of Mosul, Iraq's third largest city with an estimated population of 1.8 million Arabs, Kurds, Turcomen and Assyrian Christians.
