[link|http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGALRT3KRTD.html|The picture gets a bit less clear]

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WASHINGTON (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, the U.S. military chief said Sunday.

Gen. Richard Myers said news media were "very, very inaccurate" in their reporting about Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh, who was said to have had a major role in organizing the "Fallujah Brigade" and the lifting of the siege.

[link|http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/news_release.asp?NewsRelease=20040433.txt|And are the Marines really bugging out?]

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Like most of the existing Iraqi Security Forces, this battalion will be recruited largely from former soldiers of the Iraqi Army. The battalion will be employed in Fallujah alongside the 1st MEF to assist in the return of peace and stability for the city. Their employment will facilitate the flow of support and foster rapid reconstruction, thereby stimulating the job market for citizens inside the city. The Battalion will function as a subordinate command under the operational control of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, and 1st MEF will provide the resources and equipment necessary to ensure mission accomplishment by this force.

Until the battalion's units demonstrate a capability to man designated checkpoints and positions, Marines will continue to maintain a presence in and around Fallujah. Consistent with our duty to provide security, Coalition Forces will maintain their right of freedom of movement in all areas of the AOR. As calm is restored, families will be allowed to return to the city, and during the transition, the number of families allowed into the city on a daily basis will increase to 200.

After commencing the restoration of law and order inside the city of Fallujah, Iraqi security forces inside the city will assist police with investigations to identify the murderers and mutilators of the four American contractors on 31 March, and the criminals responsible for the 14 February attack on the Fallujah Police Station. When captured, those persons will be tried in the Iraqi judicial system.

I say:

Disinformation? By whom, and targetted at whom? Believe whoever you will, but remember the press' credbility is [link|http://rogerlsimon.com/archives/00000037.htm|none too good] these days.



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Otherwise, I might visit them as well. Oh, wait. Did you mean go there *instead* of here? In that case, you first. G`wan. I dare you. I double dare you.

Can't handle a nearly level playing field, eh? Not enough that you outnumber me, you want mob censorship on your side too. Learn to take a little heat, buddy. You have no appreciation of just how easy I've been going on you.

Say, has Kos recovered from his self-inflicted gunshot wound of a few weeks back? He dissed the Fallujah victims, and all the politicians were scrambling to distance themselves from him. Maybe he can commiserate with Howard Dean.