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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/24/450441948_wide-fe2e2d48daf44c822dab32b1f4e18fefcbe54c0d.jpg54623073U.S. military advisers sent to Iraq to assess the state of the country's military will find an army in far worse shape than the one they left behind in 2011. It lacks troops, training and leadership.