U.S. soldier speaks to Greenpeace activist about plundered uranium oxide canister discovered by the activist group 50 miles south of Baghdad. (AP)r
U.S. Funds Iraqi Army to Help Restore Order Story aired: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
For the first time since the end of major hostilities in Iraq, British forces have come under attack in the southern part of the country. Two separate attacks were carried out near the town of Amara, resulting in the deaths of six British soldiers. Eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, American and British administrators in Iraq will begin recruiting Iraqi men to become soldiers in a new national army. The recruiting effort may begin as early as next week. The old 400,000 strong army was disbanded in late May, infuriating many of those soldiers who found themselves out of work and impoverished overnight.
Scott Peterson is a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor in Baghdad, and he spoke to Here and Now about the announcement yesterday that U.S. officials will begin to pay former Iraqi troops a monthly stipend.
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Scott Peterson, correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.
