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US looks to Saddam's former army for security By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 01 September 2003 With the security crisis in Iraq deepening by the day, the United States is accelerating plans to create a large Iraqi militia to take some of the weight off its own isolated and overstretched troops. The force, which could exceed 7,500 men, would draw on troops from the former army of Saddam Hussein, vetted to ensure they are not supporters of the ousted dictator. Ultimately, some Iraqi officials told The New York Times yesterday, the militia could replace US forces in charge of Iraqi...

Ramsey Clark to Protesters: 'Let's Impeach Bush' Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark told a crowd of cheering anti-American demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C. to protest the impending war in Iraq on Saturday that he was launching a campaign to impeach President Bush. "(The Constitution) provides a means of preventing what President George Bush wants to do - it's called impeachment," Clark proclaimed, before outlining his bill of particulars against the White House. The Democrat attorney general under President Johnson charged that Bush had engaged in "usurping the power of the Constitution and the people, being above the law, treating...