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Blogs Liberty and Power Is the U.S. Bringing Back the Ba'athists?

Apr 13, 2004

Is the U.S. Bringing Back the Ba'athists?

by Liberty and Power

Here is what Gen. John Abizaid said :

"It's very...very clear that we've got to get more senior Iraqis involved - former military types involved in the security forces...In the next couple of days you'll see a large number of senior officers being appointed to key positions in the ministry of defense and the Iraqi joint staff and in Iraqi field commands."