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To: Ilaine who wrote (131172)5/4/2004 2:41:40 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
US Demotes Fallujah General

command-post.org

The general selected by the US marines to command a new Iraqi force in Fallujah has been abruptly replaced after he denied that there were foreign fighters in the insurgent city and blamed America for fomenting the bloody rebellion there.

Maj Gen Jassim Mohammed Saleh, a former member of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard, was trumpeted by local US commanders as the type of strong man who could pacify the 2,000 gunmen in Fallujah.

Gen Saleh: appointment angered Iraqi politicians
But in an indication of American desperation, it emerged that Gen Saleh had been selected even though little was known about him.
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