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Originally posted by Sparhawk
Latest Update on Fallujah, not Najaf:
I don't have an opinion about it formed quite yet, but tentatively, I think handing security over to Saddam's former officers isn't the best of ideas.
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I agree. I guess from another story I read the leader is a Fallujah native who was a high-ranking General in Saddam's army? So we're re-arming Saddam's former generals and soldiers? This doesn't seem like a good idea.
On the other hand, the USA marching into the city and waging a months-long urban war doesn't seem like a good idea either. At least we're working with the Iraqi people now on some sort of joint solution, not charging in with guns drawn.
I think the US is realizing that banning all the old Baathist party members from working just created a well-armed, pissed-off group of people that had nothing better to do than cause trouble, since they couldn't work. Perhaps giving the former military jobs guarding their own tribe will help.