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At Least 200 Iraqi Troops Go AWOL

HeadlineNov 09, 2004

The Knight Ridder news agency is reporting at least 200 Iraqi troops have already gone AWOL instead of taking part in the US-led invasion of Fallujah. Meanwhile the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi yesterday flew to a US military base near Fallujah to rally Iraqi soldiers. He told them, “Your job is to arrest the killers but if you kill them, then so be it.”

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