The New York Times reports,

The Iraqi government issued a plea on Wednesday to former junior officers in Saddam Hussein's military who were sacked by the U.S. occupiers after his fall to return to the army as it battles a fierce Sunni Arab insurgency.

I guess this means that the US training of Iraqi armed forces isn't going al that well. That and the government sees this move as a way to solidify its position before the national elections. But mostly it's a sign that despite all of BushCo's assertions that Iraqi forces are well trained or on their way to be well trained things aren't going that well. This despite the billions of dollars we've spent to make the Iraqi armed forces independent.
posted by Idle Crank at 11/02/2005 02:28:00 PM