Insurgents Have Infiltrated the Iraq Police

and army.

This not so stunning bit of news is coming from the British Army.

"Rogue elements" in Iraq's police force must be rooted out, the head of the multi-national force in Basra has said. Colonel Bill Dunham's comments came after the British army said it had to rescue two soldiers arrested in Basra and handed to Shia militants by police. UK Defence Secretary John Reid and Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim Jaafari are in London discussing the tensions.

Meanwhile, Iraq's interior minister has disputed the UK military's account of how it freed the soldiers on Monday. Baqir Solagh Jabr told BBC News the men never left police custody or the prison building in Basra and were not handed to militants.

How can anyone who has any passing knowledge about the situation in Iraq was fully aware that most of the defense organizations established by the Iraq government were totally penetrated by rebel supporters.

Noticing late is better than not noticing at all, but you are now left to ask; Just how do you remove the rouge elements when the actions of this week make it clear that no one in the official chain of command has any control.

In addition, has anyone in DC figured out how you turn over security to Iraqi forces, if those forces are awash in insurgents.