Kurdish effort to recruit disloyal Iraqi soldiers pays off; The political leader behind the campaign has gathered up-to-date intelligence on Kirkuk's defenses.(NEWS) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: March 14, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Paul McEnroe; Staff Writer

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq -- A Kurdish political leader who commands thousands of Peshmerga fighters said Thursday that more than 100 Iraqi army officers and intelligence agents in Kirkuk have responded to his underground letters requesting that they identify the names, locations and assignments of key Iraqi commanders in the city.

The campaign to secretly recruit disloyal Iraqi soldiers and agents has resulted in up-to-date intelligence on how well the city and its outlying oil refinery and oil fields are being defended, Muhammad Haji Mahmood ...

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