The Iraqi parliament was shut down today as protesting relatives of apparently slain Iraqi soldiers stormed the building, forcing the building to close.
The protesters are complaining about the government’s lack of accountability after the June 11 attack on the Speicher military base north of Baghdad, one of the first ISIS attacks in the region.
ISIS routed the base and killed hundreds of troops, but the protesting family members say the government has not provided any official list of who died and who didn’t, nor have they retrieved and buried the bodies.
Parliament scheduled a “special session” for Wednesday to discuss the Speicher incident, but the government insists it is doing the best it can in trying to identify the slain in the incident.
The value of these articles would be enhanced by not using the same generic map for every article about a particular area. Instead, a map when used, should show the specific location to which an article pertains to – in this case not all of Iraq, but the specific area of the base that was overrun, with the location highlighted.
How can they not know who of their own troops perished in the attack? Don't they have records of who is in the Army and which unit they're with and where they are located? It's no wonder they got blown away by a bunch of religious zealots wearing black. Who friggin' wears black in the desert anyway – isn't it hot enough already?