Iraq’s interim government, preparing for an election next month while fighting a bloody insurgency, asked some of Saddam’s Hussein’s disbanded army to come back to work on Wednesday. The Defense Ministry proclamation invited former soldiers in the old Transport Corps to serve in the new U.S.-backed army, 18 months after the U.S. occupation authority formally demobilized Saddam’s 375,000-strong military. “Those interested must apply at the Muthanna base in Baghdad,” read the proclamation, referring to a main recruitment center, which has been coming under attack from insurgents regularly. Full Story
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