Silent_One
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Widespread desertions from Iraqi army
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,917663,00.html
Lets hope this is over fast....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,917663,00.html
The reports, which are updated at least four times daily and are distributed among senior British and US officers, paint a picture of the dying hours of Saddam's 30-year iron grip on Iraq as it finally and dramatically falls apart, even before the British and US invasion gets under way.
"We are looking at wholesale desertions in some areas," said an intelligence officer. "In the southern area, where there are six Iraqi divisions, 50% of their officers are planning to surrender once the campaign opens.................. In and around Baghdad, the desertion rate is lower, but even among Saddam's elite Republican Guard divisions, whose loyalty to their leader has been unquestioned until now, 23% have deserted.
Lets hope this is over fast....