32,000 Former Officers In Saddam's Army Join New Iraq Army

From MEMRI.

Iraq's Implementation and Follow up Committee for National Reconciliation (IFCNR) secretary Dr. Basameh Al-Sa'di said that Iraq was offering former security and military industry employees in the previous regime a choice: they could return to service, receive a civilian job, or retire. He said that over 32,000 former officers in Saddam Hussein's army, from the rank of major on up, had joined the new Iraq army.

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