tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20843146.post116751451624187292..comments2024-02-23T02:31:21.033-08:00Comments on Truth: Saddam Hussein is DEADEaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02552652537726756647noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20843146.post-1170385122621471742007-02-01T18:58:00.000-08:002007-02-01T18:58:00.000-08:00He bequeathed the US an awful mess:After U.S. unit...He bequeathed the US an awful <A HREF="http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16600612.htm" REL="nofollow">mess</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>After U.S. units pounded al-Sadr's men in August 2004, the cleric apparently decided that instead of facing American tanks, he'd use the Americans' plans to build Iraqi security forces to rebuild his own militia. <BR/><BR/><BR/>So while Iraq's other main Shiite militia, the Badr Brigade, concentrated in 2005 on packing Iraqi intelligence bureaus with high-level officers who could coordinate sectarian assassinations, al-Sadr went after the rank and file. <BR/><BR/><BR/>His recruits began flooding into the Iraqi army and police, receiving training, uniforms and equipment either directly from the U.S. military or from the American-backed Iraqi Defense Ministry. </I>Dr. Mathewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944918915228425786noreply@blogger.com