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July 21, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17130-2003Jul19.html?nav=hptop_tb

U.S. to Create Iraqi Militia

(Washington Post) U.S. military commanders plan to train and arm thousands of Iraqis to conduct military missions alongside U.S. and British troops, Gen. John Abizaid, the new head of Central Command, said Sunday. Initial U.S. plans call for raising about 10 battalions of about 350 Iraqis each in the coming weeks. There are now 3,800 Iraqis in detention, of whom about 1,200 are believed to be hard-core Baathists or die-hard elements of the old Iraqi military, a Central Command official said.

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