Marvin Gandall wrote:
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> A report in the Asia Times asserts that the US is abandoning its effort to
> build a conventional army in Iraq in favour of irregular militas operating
> under direct US command against the anti-occupation resistance.
One possibility. This could be a euphemism for something like the Phoenix program in Vietnam, and "irregular militia" a euphemism for Death Squads.
Mere speculation. But something like this is what it takes to quell a serious resistance. Kill everyone who seems a bit smarter than those around him/her.
Carrol