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  • U.S. Enlists Iraqi Exiles, Dissidents

    04/06/2003 2:02:46 PM PDT · by formercalifornian · 1 replies · 201+ views
    Las Vegas Sun/AP ^ | April 6, 2003 | By PAULINE JELINEK
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is beginning to build a new Iraqi army even before Saddam Hussein's forces are defeated, deploying some of the nation's exiles and internal dissidents around the country. Several hundred soldiers of the Iraqi National Congress exile group were flown to an area near the city of Nasiriyah, the group said Sunday. "These are Iraqi citizens who want to fight for a free Iraq, who will become basically the core of the new Iraqi army once Iraq is free," said Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. More will be...