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Bremer: U.S. “Never Had Enough Troops” In Iraq

HeadlineOct 05, 2004

The former head of the U.S. occupation in Iraq, Paul Bremer, charged yesterday that the U.S. failed to have enough troops in Baghdad following the fall of Baghdad. He suggested the mass uncontrolled looting helped pave the way for the resistance against the U.S. presence. Bremer said “We paid a big price for not stopping it because it established an atmosphere of lawlessness. We never had enough troops on the group.”

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