Finally, some accountability.

from Boston dot com

The commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq, Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, told CNN on Thursday that preliminary findings indicate the culprit in Tuesday's bombing wore an Iraqi military uniform. Ham said the attack probably was the result of careful planning by an organized group such as one which has claimed responsibility, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army.

Ham took personal responsibility for the security lapse.

''Clearly in this instance I failed to identify some shortcoming that allowed this to occur,'' Ham said.

I know some senior members of the Bushministration who could learn a thing or two about accountability from this Brigadier General. Too bad he's going to be the one to take the fall.

Further down we read:

''We have people in an active combat zone, not dispersing the troops, not doing the fundamentals of force protection and paying the price,'' said Mitchell, an analyst at the military's National Defense University.

and then

Mitchell said military and civilian leaders should be punished for the security lapses that allowed the suicide bombing.

''Someone needs to be held accountable for the body bags,'' Mitchell said.

Amen.

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