Sky News outlines how Iraq is essentially infested with military and security personnel at every level. One of our serious challenges is that the whole country is riddled with soldiers and armed thugs of all kinds. It's all been required to keep Saddam in power, mainly against potential internal threats, but it's also a problem for the Coalition - they're everywhere.
Saddam has cocooned himself in a complex military structure arranged like the layers of an onion to protect himself against internal and external enemies. They watch over him, they watch out for aggression from outside - and they keep a sharp watch on each other to see if any one layer will turn against the leader in a coup.
Posted by Alan at March 26, 2003 09:42 PM