[lbo-talk] US recruiting former Saddam agents

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 4 22:36:32 PDT 2003


Michael Pugliese wrote:


>http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/aug2003/iraq-a26.shtml

Wow:


>An unnamed "senior US official" told the Post that it might require
>"500,000 US troops, perhaps far more, to secure every potential
>target in the country"-roughly quadruple the current deployment of
>132,000 troops and more than the total number of regular US Army
>soldiers, which stands at 480,000. The official concluded: "The key
>is to stay ahead of this game." US officials say they intend to use
>the Mukhabarat's knowledge and experience to "stay ahead of the
>game."

So recruiting Saddam's spies will do the work of 368,000 troops?



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