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| New Iraqi Military to Be Recruited Soon |
| 2003-06-02 |
| Recruitment for the New Iraqi Corps, the American-installed replacement for Saddam Hussein's military, will begin by the end of the month, the U.S. civilian administrator said Monday. L. Paul Bremer also said thousands of demobilized enlisted men from Saddam's army would be hired next week to clean up sites that would be used for the training of the new military. The moves come more than a week after Bremer dissolved Saddam's military and, in the process, threw thousands of career soldiers out of work. "We expect to begin recruiting members of the New Iraqi Corps before the end of this month," Bremer said at a news conference. "We are looking at other ways to stimulate the economy." Security is a prime concern of the U.S.-led occupying force, and a new military would help that situation — both by creating a homegrown security force and by taking young, out-of-work men off the streets. Bremer repeated that officers who held the rank of colonel or above in Saddam's army would be barred from the new military. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 That Costa Rica thing. Good gig if you can get it. Isn't that how Japan became Japan Inc? |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-06-02 14:22:18 |
| #3 I kind of like the Costa Rican model: "Among many of the reforms implemented by Don Pepe was the courageous decision to abolish the country’s army. This was especially significant considering that Costa Rica bordered to the North with Somoza's Nicaragua and to the South with Panama, two heavily armed nations. "The decision to abolish the army meant that more of the government's budget could be spent on providing education, medical care and other services to tax payers. It also thrust Costa Rica into the international spotlight as a neutral power in a war torn region. The U.S. has historically been Costa Rica's main allay [sic] and provider of foreign aid. In order to guarantee the country’s integrity and security, Costa Rican governments increased their links with the U.S. and became an important moral ally for this world power." |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2003-06-02 13:28:21 |
| #2 The Kuwaiti model is a good one... |
| Posted by: Brian 2003-06-02 12:53:35 |
| #1 Hum, which model of the military are they going to install? The US/UK volunteer model or the ole Soviet 2 year draftee model that's populiar with Russia, China, Syria, and most of the despotic states of the world. |
| Posted by: BigFire 2003-06-02 11:08:44 |