US forces in Iraq have failed to reduce the number of "hard-core Saddamists" since the Iraq war ended last year, the New York Times reported Friday quoting a former top US coalition official.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, estimated the number of insurgents in Iraq had remained constant at 4,000 to 5,000, suggesting that all those killed and captured are promptly replaced.
He said insurgents loyal to the former dictator were more dangerous than foreign insurgent groups because they were backed by an outer ring of "less hard-core" supporters, including teenagers and others paid to attack US troops.
Channel News Asia article
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, estimated the number of insurgents in Iraq had remained constant at 4,000 to 5,000, suggesting that all those killed and captured are promptly replaced.
He said insurgents loyal to the former dictator were more dangerous than foreign insurgent groups because they were backed by an outer ring of "less hard-core" supporters, including teenagers and others paid to attack US troops.
What a surprise, huh?
In a sign of the tough task faced by the new interim Iraqi government, which took power from the US-led coalition at a ceremony on Monday which had been brought forward by two days, several home-made rockets were fired at a Baghdad complex housing foreign journalists and businessmen on Friday, scoring a direct hit on the Sheraton hotel.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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