Iraq Military Seeks Draft for First Time Since Fall of Saddam Hussein

[Sally]

I hope they can round up enough men as so many have fled the country.


MAR 15 2016, 12:23 PM ET
Iraq Military Seeks Draft for First Time Since Fall of Saddam Hussein

by F. BRINLEY BRUTON

• Iraq's embattled military chiefs announced they will try to impose conscription for the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

The draft law would be sent to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the country's parliament for approval.

The country's forces have struggled to defeat ISIS extremists who have taken over swathes of the county. ISIS' advances have been a huge embarrassment for the Iraqi military as soldiers retreated en masse from some of the front lines and extremists paraded hardware captured from the army.

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