http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/OWE556600.htmBAGHDAD, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Iraq's interim government, preparing for an election next month while fighting a bloody insurgency, asked some of Saddam's Hussein's disbanded army to come back to work on Wednesday.
The Defence Ministry proclamation invited former soldiers in the old Transport Corps to serve in the new U.S.-backed army, 18 months after the U.S. occupation authority formally demobilised Saddam's 375,000-strong military.
"Those interested must apply at the Muthanna base in Baghdad," read the proclamation, referring to a main recruitment centre, which has been coming under attack from insurgents regularly.
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and other Iraqi leaders have criticised the decision to disband the army for weakening their ability to fend off the insurgency and for creating a large pool of unemployed and disgruntled soldiers who may have joined the guerrillas.
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