In combat, without American forces present, the Iraqi soldiers have no medical evacuation capacity and no air support.
CNN: Iraq recruits: Underpaid, undertrained, under pressure
The Iraqi soldiers were dismissed from the armed forces in May by Bremer and have received no wages for four months.
CNN: Unpaid Iraqi soldiers start receiving salaries, but discontent simmers
But U.S. soldiers, who left Iraq in late 2011, are no longer available to help Iraqi security forces subdue militants or reconcile warring factions.
WSJ: Violence Kills Scores in Iraq
So far, the violence shows no sign of abating: a number of fatal attacks have been carried out on American soldiers and Iraqi policemen since Saddam was caught.
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