World Tribune.com--Front Page: "11,000 sign up for new Iraqi army
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Thursday, July 31, 2003
The United States will begin training Iraq's new military this weekend.
Officials said the training program will begin on Saturday. They said the program was delayed because of intense U.S. search-and-destroy operations of Sunni insurgents northwest of Baghdad.
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, head of the U.S. military in Iraq, said more than 11,000 people have expressed interest in enlisting for the new Iraqi army. Sanchez said on July 23 that the first battalion of the new Iraqi army would begin training within 10 days."
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Thursday, July 31, 2003
The United States will begin training Iraq's new military this weekend.
Officials said the training program will begin on Saturday. They said the program was delayed because of intense U.S. search-and-destroy operations of Sunni insurgents northwest of Baghdad.
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, head of the U.S. military in Iraq, said more than 11,000 people have expressed interest in enlisting for the new Iraqi army. Sanchez said on July 23 that the first battalion of the new Iraqi army would begin training within 10 days."
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