[Ragtime Cowgirl]

FALLUJA, Iraq  - The U.S. Marines besieging Falluja brought in a former Iraqi general with a history of standing up to Saddam Hussein on Monday to lead a force they have charged with putting down an insurgency in the city.

After outrage among victims of the Baathist regime at their appointment of a former general in his feared Republican Guard,* U.S. commanders have now brought in another ex-general, Mohammed Latif, to take overall command of the Falluja Brigade.

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Many in Saddam's military - including the Republican Guard - served because their family members were threatened, tortured or killed because they disagreed with Saddam.

Reuters seldom interviews Saddam's victims.

They often interview anti-American allies of Saddam Hussein.

Stand by for verification, or debunking....

Adults in charge, flexible plan - because it is the real world and not a socialist utopian fantasyland - ping!

[Happy2BMe]

Retired senior officers who are well-versed in such matters of war and repatriation and who are free to speak are saying it has been an historical blunder to not have immediately turned the Iraqi Army around as a police keeping force right after their defeat.

Guess whose feet they lay this blunder at? - Colin Powell for advising the president not to do this.

[blackie]

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!