Anima Eternae
06-26-2004, 02:08 AM
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7411AE9A-F168-4D26-B655-7479D7808C84.htm
[SIZE=5]US restricts new Iraqi Army's capabilities[/SIZE]
For the first time in its 84-year history, the [SIZE=4]Iraqi Army has been reduced to a nearly impotent force deprived of heavy armaments, armour, and aircraft.[/size]
"Right now, tanks and heavy armament are not necessary," said Frederick C. Smith, the US senior adviser for Iraqi national security.
"What's needed are well-trained, disciplined troops with the proper equipment."
[SIZE=4]Returning the Iraqi Army to its 400,000-strong capacity with offensive capabilities is a nightmare scenario the Bush administration does not want to see.
"The general idea is that Iraq will not have an offensive capability that its neighbours find threatening," [/size] said Jeremy Binnie, an Iraq analyst with the London defense consultancy Jane's....[SIZE=4]Members of Iraqi security force have no armour or air force. [/size]
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[SIZE=5]US restricts new Iraqi Army's capabilities[/SIZE]
For the first time in its 84-year history, the [SIZE=4]Iraqi Army has been reduced to a nearly impotent force deprived of heavy armaments, armour, and aircraft.[/size]
"Right now, tanks and heavy armament are not necessary," said Frederick C. Smith, the US senior adviser for Iraqi national security.
"What's needed are well-trained, disciplined troops with the proper equipment."
[SIZE=4]Returning the Iraqi Army to its 400,000-strong capacity with offensive capabilities is a nightmare scenario the Bush administration does not want to see.
"The general idea is that Iraq will not have an offensive capability that its neighbours find threatening," [/size] said Jeremy Binnie, an Iraq analyst with the London defense consultancy Jane's....[SIZE=4]Members of Iraqi security force have no armour or air force. [/size]
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