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12th December 2003, 01:00
CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/11/...main/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/11/sprj.irq.main/index.html)
Explosions heard at U.S. compound
Thursday, December 11, 2003 Posted: 6:21 PM EST (2321 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- About 300 of 700 members of the new Iraqi army have resigned, citing unhappiness with terms, conditions and pay and with instructions of commanding officers, a representative of the U.S.-led coalition said Thursday.
"It's a new force, and ... we face some difficulties," the representative said.
In response to the resignations, the coalition will review the terms and conditions and compare them with other security services in Iraq -- the police and Civil Defense Corps, the representative said.
The first and only battalion of the new army serves under the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division.
Last month, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the Pentagon and the Coalition Provisional Authority were discussing recalling some units of the former Iraqi army, which was formally dissolved in May.
The discussions followed a letter two senators sent President Bush about the "need to speed up the process by which Iraqis assume greater responsibility" for security as the coalition prepares to cede power back to Iraqis in July.
The letter, from Sens. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, said the new Iraqi army, "which is being created from scratch, currently has less than 1,000 members. We cannot afford to transfer security functions to Iraqis at that slow a pace. The quicker we get the new Iraqi army in place, the more security we are likely to have and the better off Iraq will be."
Blasts hit inside 'Green Zone'
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--Paz
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/11/...main/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/11/sprj.irq.main/index.html)
Explosions heard at U.S. compound
Thursday, December 11, 2003 Posted: 6:21 PM EST (2321 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- About 300 of 700 members of the new Iraqi army have resigned, citing unhappiness with terms, conditions and pay and with instructions of commanding officers, a representative of the U.S.-led coalition said Thursday.
"It's a new force, and ... we face some difficulties," the representative said.
In response to the resignations, the coalition will review the terms and conditions and compare them with other security services in Iraq -- the police and Civil Defense Corps, the representative said.
The first and only battalion of the new army serves under the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division.
Last month, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the Pentagon and the Coalition Provisional Authority were discussing recalling some units of the former Iraqi army, which was formally dissolved in May.
The discussions followed a letter two senators sent President Bush about the "need to speed up the process by which Iraqis assume greater responsibility" for security as the coalition prepares to cede power back to Iraqis in July.
The letter, from Sens. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, said the new Iraqi army, "which is being created from scratch, currently has less than 1,000 members. We cannot afford to transfer security functions to Iraqis at that slow a pace. The quicker we get the new Iraqi army in place, the more security we are likely to have and the better off Iraq will be."
Blasts hit inside 'Green Zone'
FULL STORY
CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/11/...main/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/11/sprj.irq.main/index.html)
--Paz