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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (451097)9/1/2003 12:11:22 PM
From: Doug R  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
trying to predict the future when the present is out of your grasp is your most laughable lunacy yet barbie:

*Najaf police have been joined by militiamen of the Badr Corps in patrolling Najaf, according to the city's police chief. The Badr Corps was built up by Ayatollah al-Hakim in Iran as a terrorist arm of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, and its members used to slip into Iraq from Iran to strike at Baath targets. They received training from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. They are 10,000 to 15,000 strong and have slipped back into Iraq since the end of the war. They are supposed to have been disarmed by the CPA, but in fact they are still armed. Paul "Jerry" Bremer stepped in to cancel an election in Najaf a couple of months ago for fear that a pro-Iranian candidate would become ensconced as mayor. And now, nevertheless, the Badr Corps is patrolling Najaf streets. Even if the US succeeds in creating a new security force, it is likely that it will draw on paramilitaries like the Badr Corps for its recruits. The upside is that they might have pretty good intelligence resources locally. The downside is that they certainly like Iran better than they like the US. All this demonstrates how weak the US is in Iraq.

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