nycmuzik Posted March 19 Report Posted March 19 Seventeen Iraqis defected on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border Wednesday, turning themselves in to American troops as coalition forced prepared for an invasion of Iraq.Capt. Darren Theriault of the headquarters company of the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division told journalists accompanying his unit that the Iraqis had been turned over to Kuwaiti custody. A Kuwaiti official who declined to be identified said only three or four Iraqi soldiers had defected and that they had turned themselves over to the Kuwaiti army.A U.S. Defense official noted that the Iraqi soldiers who came over the line to give themselves up should properly be said to have defected, rather than "surrendered," because there was no state of war at the time. Quote
dnice35 Posted March 19 Report Posted March 19 They are wise to do so, if they keep this up kuwaits army will twice the size with all the Iraqis defecting Quote
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