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| Rumsfeld woos Iraqi forces |
| 2002-11-18 |
| United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has suggested that Iraqi soldiers who stay in their barracks if there is a US-led invasion will be left alone. "It is certainly correct that people who stay in their barracks, that people who do not engage in the use of weapons of mass destruction or attack coalition forces will not have problems," Mr Rumsfeld said as he arrived in Santiago. Hide under your bed, and everything will be alright. However, he warned that there would be no leniency towards those who did use such weapons. "Let there be no doubt. Anyone who is involved in the use of weapons of mass destruction will be particularly held accountable in the event it becomes necessary," Mr Rumsfeld said. "Held accountable" = dead. Mr Rumsfeld said large parts of the army and other sections of the Iraqi administration - for example the police and civilian services - were being held hostage by the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, and a small clique of his closest supporters and family. The Iraqi army has more than 350,000 troops, but it is the highly-trained Republican Guards surrounding the president who, analysts predict, could pose the biggest problem. The Special Republican Guard are the ones doing that. "There are very elite elements that are very close to a personal guard for the family (of the Iraqi leader) and the clique who are not hostages, who are benefiting from the regime and who are enabling Saddam Hussein and his family to rule that country," Mr Rumsfeld said. They have to fight or get hung from lampposts when Saddam goes down. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Not at all. After some intensive training and with american officers leading from the front, we'll have a nice little Arab Legion with which to keep the peace in the region. (Now wouldn't that keep the princes up at night) |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-11-18 19:57:12 |
| #1 Get 'em to stay in their barracks. Of course that's the first thing we're gonna bomb but shhhhh, don't tell 'em that. |
| Posted by: Bob 2002-11-18 16:11:57 |