Conflicted Iraqi military ponders its future without US (Boston Globe)

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By Anthony Shadid and Steve Fainaru, Washington Post | June 12, 2005

BAIJI, Iraq -- An hour before dawn, the sky still clouded by a dust storm, soldiers of the Iraqi Army's Charlie Company began their mission with a ballad to Saddam Hussein. ''We have lived in humiliation since you left," one sang in Arabic, out of earshot of his US counterparts. ''We had hoped to spend our life with you."

But the Iraqi soldiers had no clue as to where they were going. They shrugged their shoulders when asked what they would do. The US military had billed the mission as pivotal in the Iraqis' progress as a fighting force, but had kept the destination and objectives secret out of fear that the Iraqis would leak the information to insurgents.

''We can't tell these guys about a lot of this stuff because we're not really sure who's good and who isn't," said Rick McGovern, 37, a tough-talking platoon sergeant from Hershey, Pa., who heads the military training for Charlie Company. <snip>

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/06/12/conflicted_iraqi_military_ponders_its_future_without_us/

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1. BULLLLLSHIT!!!!

The Bush Crime Family will be running that country longer than Saddam did.