Yahoo! News - Saddam-Era General Not in Charge: Myers : "A former general from Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Republican Guard has not been given command of an Iraqi force that entered Fallujah after Marines ended a three-week siege, the U.S. military chief said Sunday.
Gen. Richard Myers said news media were 'very, very inaccurate' in their reporting about Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh, who was said to have had a major role in organizing the 'Fallujah Brigade' and the lifting of the siege.
Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said officials in Baghdad were checking into Saleh's background.
'There are people that know his record, know what he's done in the previous Saddam Hussein regime,' Myers said on CBS' 'Face the Nation.'
'They're going to have to find an appropriate role, if a role at all, for him,' Myers said.
On 'Fox News Sunday,' Myers said: 'He has not been vetted yet and probably won't be the one in command.'"
Gen. Richard Myers said news media were 'very, very inaccurate' in their reporting about Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh, who was said to have had a major role in organizing the 'Fallujah Brigade' and the lifting of the siege.
Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said officials in Baghdad were checking into Saleh's background.
'There are people that know his record, know what he's done in the previous Saddam Hussein regime,' Myers said on CBS' 'Face the Nation.'
'They're going to have to find an appropriate role, if a role at all, for him,' Myers said.
On 'Fox News Sunday,' Myers said: 'He has not been vetted yet and probably won't be the one in command.'"
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