Sunday, May 16, 2004

U.S. to be in charge of Iraqi troops after June 30

Surprise! Oh? You're not?

"We expect that the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the minister of defense and the generals working within the Ministry of Defense will have command and control over their troops," he said.

"But we also expect that ... to make sure there is no confusion as to what we're doing with respect to security, they will put those troops under the direction of the multinational force commander, who will be an American."
  Reuters article