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Yawar sees 1-year end to Iraqi insurgency
Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar has told CNN the country's insurgents are in no way similar to the Viet Cong and can be quelled within a year. "They know they are fighting a losing battle," al-Yawar said of the rebels in an interview. "We're not fighting a Viet Cong, which has principles and popular support. ... I'm sick and tired of them." While he said he foresees U.S. forces remaining in Iraq until enough Iraqi forces have been recruited and trained to replace them, al-Yawar said it was a mistake to disband the Iraqi military. He said the new army's ranks should be opened to former members of the Iraqi military under Saddam Hussein who are now loyal to the new government.
With very good backround checks
With regard to reported meddling by Iran in the run-up to Iraq's election scheduled for Jan. 20, al-Yawar said he had confidence the resistance of Shiites in the south, who he said are "skeptical of the Iranian role in Iraq." "We in Iraq have one platform that brings us together -- the Iraqi identity," he said.
Posted by: Steve 2004-12-09
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=50838