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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Saleh out, Latif in |
| 2004-05-03 |
| al-Reuters, so majorly EFL; via LGF comments U.S. Marines besieging Falluja brought in a former Iraqi general with a history of standing up to Saddam Hussein Monday to lead a force they have charged with putting down insurgency in the city. U.S. commanders have now turned to another ex-general, Mohammed Latif, to take overall command of the Falluja Brigade. His predecessor, General Mohamed Jasim Saleh, told Reuters he was stepping aside after four days in the job. Unlike Saleh, a local man whom leaders of Iraq’s Shi’ite Muslim majority accuse of taking part in the Republican Guard’s bloody suppression of a Shi’ite uprising in 1991, Latif appears to have anti-Saddam credentials, U.S. military sources said. But Latif hails from Baghdad, which may not endear him so easily to local people. That’s the changing of the guard. In other news... Marines remained in positions on the edge of town closest to areas in the north where fighting has been heaviest and their commanders say they are ready to storm guerrillas at any time. "By no measure do we consider the Falluja campaign over," a senior U.S. military official said in Baghdad. Ayup. |
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| #1 wretchard seems to have called it right so far. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-05-03 3:56:41 PM |