Militiamen kidnap and kill 10 former army officers

Azzaman

Militiamen in Baghdad have kidnapped and killed 10 senior officers of the former army. The officers were reportedly on their way home following a government meeting ostensibly held to lure former army personnel into joining the new army. The killing has sent a chilling message in the ranks of former army personnel many of whom initially had thought the government was serious in gestures to have them rehabilitated. The U.S. dismantled the former Iraqi army, a move that affected hundreds of thousands of commissioned and non-commissioned officers...

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