US army to continue employing locals

AMERICAN commanders are fully aware that Iraq’s insurgents exploit their policy of employing locals on US military bases, but insist the practice will not stop.

The vulnerability of the American stance was exposed on December 21, when an Iraqi suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform detonated his explosives at a mess hall at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, killing 22 people including 14 US service members.