>>> There is talk that the US attempts to reform the Iraqi security forces might involve bringing back some Ba'athists and former Saddam army officers. >>> The British Army (and "the UK") wouldn't have sacked all those army people and civil servants anyway, and said so. >> This would rather discredit the story that the Iraqi insurgence are Saddam loyalists. >>> that's been queried here Judy Evans jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Omar Kusturica Sent: 25 April 2004 17:30 To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Ba'ath in, Chalabi out There is talk that the US attempts to reform the Iraqi security forces might involve bringing back some Ba'athists and former Saddam army officers. http://www.pinr.com/ This would rather discredit the story that the Iraqi insurgence are Saddam loyalists. Another piece that fits this is that apparently Ahmed Chalabi, who was leading the anti-Ba'ath purge, is going to be left out of the government that is to be formed on June 30. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9082EF62-4B49-4F52-8A4D-78C03A3D3AC3. htm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25" http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html