MOSUL, Iraq - Another batch of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps recruits was due at the Mosul palace, but Stryker brigade soldiers didn't know how many would actually show up.
In the past couple days, suicide bombers had killed dozens of new police and soldiers in Baghdad and Iskandiriyah.
The Stryker troops figured that morning maybe they'd see half of the 140 who'd signed up in advance; instead they got 145.
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[Link to Full Article]MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune
MOSUL, Iraq - Another batch of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps recruits was due at the Mosul palace, but Stryker brigade soldiers didn't know how many would actually show up.
