Iraqis Form Anti-Guerrilla Militia

World | December 4, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

Iraqi political parties and coalition authorities are discussing the possibility to create a 1,000-member militia in support of the US military fight against insurgents in the war-torn country, officials said. The militia would be formed by uniting fighters from five Iraqi political parties under the joint leadership of the US military and the emerging Iraqi Civil Defence Corps, US officials in Baghdad disclosed. The militia members would be recruited as individuals, not as intact units, according to US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith.

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