Gen. Ray Odierno walks with soldiers through a market in Khalis, Iraq, in 2009. Later, as Army chief of staff, Odierno ordered a detailed history of the war.
Shortly after the invasion, Rashid was appointed by Saddam Hussein as the new Iraqi Army Chief of Staff, after Hussein had fired the previous one. On 24 February, the ground attack of the Coalition began. At 8:30 PM on 25 February, Rashid received a phone call from Saddam ordering the army to retreat from Kuwait.
Oct 1, 2018 · Further, there is a need to reactivate the PMF's law—which called for the institutionalization of the Iraqi army—originally enacted by the Iraqi parliament in November 2016. Thus, merging these Shia forces with the regime’s military institution is the first step to isolating them from Iran.
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