BAGHDAD — As his U.S. partners prepare to move, an Iraqi army captain pleads with his American counterpart to leave behind a generator so his soldiers can have electricity when city power fails.
Capt. Nathan Williams and 150 soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment are getting ready to leave their base in Baghdad’s Hurriyah neighborhood on May 30 — one month ahead of the deadline for all U.S. combat forces to transfer from Iraqi cities to garrisons outside the towns.
They will hand over Hurriyah to a battalion that is reputedly among the best in the Iraqi army.
But like many other Iraqi units, the battalion in Hurriyah suffers from supply and equipment problems.
That raises questions whether Iraqi forces can keep violence from flaring after Americans depart.
by the associated press
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