Brigadier Hidayat Abdulkarim, the former head of Iraq’s Third Brigade, by extension the defense of Mosul, says that internal ethnic and sectarian divisions in the military were the primary reason for the city’s fall.
Abdulkarim, a Kurd, says he didn’t even learn about the fall of the city until the following morning, and that despite being nominally the brigade leader, he was effectively only in control of about one and a half regiments, with the Shi’ite majority largely ignoring orders.
Abdulkarim reported Sunni Arab troops deserted over a week before ISIS arrived, apparently tipped off to the fight, and that the Maliki government undermined his command by refusing to give his unit equipment.
How much of this is real and how much is after-the-fact excuses is unclear, though it seems plausible given the sectarian and ethnic tensions in Iraq. Abdulkarim says he was only given the promotion because of backing by President Talabani, and since being sought for court-martial has been living in Kurdistan.
Another BS talk by an kurd whom probably is a good friend of Barzani. Internal tension ok, but how about those whom were not taking side nor were interested in sectarian internal problem that his army might have faced. Barzani wants his kingdoms to be named after him, for that he don't mind for Iraq to be divided where his kingdoms is secured, why Barzani won't fight these barbarians and savages? This general just paved the way for ISIS advance and secured barzani's kingdom. Hundreds upon hundreds Toyota Tacoma with armed man driving the desert and highway, if no one from Kurdish area that controls the roads notice the convoy then there is something wrong. Where the hell all that trucks come from but from Turkey! I don't think that all of the sudden Allah was sending them for these barbarians and savages to enter Mosul and capture the city just like that without a shout being fired, where the hell was this general at the time, where the hell were his officers…, in Kurdistan?