Iraqi Military's Will to Fight Questioned

As the United States honored its war dead, among them nearly 4,500 Americans who died in Iraq since 2003, questions continued to swirl Monday about the direction of the campaign against the Islamic State group. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Sunday blamed Iraqi forces for showing "no will to fight" the Islamic extremists who last week seized the regional capital of Ramadi. "They were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and...

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