Democracy on the march…

Yahoo!

Iraqi troops, many of them veterans left jobless when Saddam's regiments were dissolved but later rehired by the new army, badly lack equipment including ammunition, body armor, helmets, weapons, uniforms and radios, soldiers say.

Several of the troops in training wore tennis shoes. None had helmets. Few had the same uniforms and equipment.

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Troops did not have bolt cutters or shovels and used discarded iron bars and rusty axes to smash open doors and gates.

…in sneakers. With axes.

Why don't I feel better?