Joint Chiefs bypassed in decision to disband Iraqi army: Pace

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Joint Chiefs bypassed in decision to disband Iraqi army: Pace

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Joint Chiefs of Staff were not consulted on the US decision to disband the Iraqi army shortly after the end of major combat operations in Iraq last May, General Peter Pace, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said Tuesday.
Pace said Paul Bremer, the head of the coalition provisional authority in Baghdad, ordered the army disbanded on his own authority.

"Those of us in Washington did not second guess those who were on point," he said at a question and answer session here at the Council on Foreign Relations. "We were not asked for a recommendation, or for advice." Pace said he did not know what input Bremer received from military officials in the Iraq theater, but it was never specifically addressed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Joint Chiefs bypassed in decision to disband Iraqi army: Pace