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Sunday, May 02, 2004

Fallujah Brigade

Reuters

Saddam Hussein’s former general entrusted with bringing security to the rebellious city of Fallujah says there are no foreign fighters in the city despite US insistence around 200 of them are holed up there.

[…]

Maj Gen Saleh...said he had yet to receive information on the men wanted for the murder and mutilation of four American contractors which sparked the siege.

"There are no foreign fighters in Fallujah and the local tribal leaders have told me the same,” Maj Gen Saleh said.

[…]

Maj Gen Saleh, who is being assisted by another former general, Abdullah Wael, said he represented the old Iraqi army, not the old regime.
The lunatics are running the asylum in Fallujah.

UPDATE: from the AP --

A former general from Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard has not been given command of an Iraqi force that entered Fallujah after Marines ended a three-week siege, U.S. military chief General Richard Myers said Sunday.

Gen. Richard Myers said news media were “very, very inaccurate” in their reporting about Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh...

...Myers said: “He has not been vetted yet and probably won’t be the one in command.”
This situation is so confused. Washington and CENTCOM are telling a completely different story than the Marine generals.

Why does it appear that Gen. Myers does not know what is going on in Fallujah?

ORIGINAL ITEM: http://www.abc.net.au/
Posted by: Zayphar / 5/02/2004 08:23:00 PM
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