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Report: A third of Iraq army has quit
White House restrictions on Iraqi contracts trigger outrage
Thursday, December 11, 2003 Posted: 1535 GMT (115 PM HKT)



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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Efforts to create a new Iraqi army to help take over the country's security have suffered a setback with the resignations of a third of the soldiers trained so far, Pentagon officials have told The Associated Press.

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Almost half of new Iraqi army quits

Thursday 11 December 2003, 23:12 Makka Time, 20:12 GMT


An Iraqi soldier's pay is as low as $50 a month

Three hundred Iraqi army recruits have resigned from the first battalion set up by US occupation forces.

Only 400 soldiers are left on Thursday, following the mass walkout over terrible pay and conditions.

Salaries in the new army range from $50 a month to $180 for a colonel, a US occupation administration source said.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official also confirmed there had been discipline problems ? with some recruits refusing to obey instructions before resigning.

"My understanding is that they felt they should be paid more money, for example, than the police," he said, adding that the occupation administration will review all security force salaries.

Bad beginning

Iraq?s administrators had been building a new Iraqi army after dismissing all the members of Saddam Hussein's armed forces following the invasion in April.

"There may have been some confusion when they first joined the Iraqi army. They weren't sure exactly what their terms and conditions are," the official said.

What remains of the Iraqi First Battalion is serving with the US 4th Infantry Division.

The official said a second Iraqi battalion is now training "and there are no resignations from that."

Another group of more than 2000 recruits are expected to begin their training next year, he said.

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