These fictional soldiers may be the ones Obama was counting on to fight the Islamic State — after all, his “vetted moderates” among the “Syrian rebels” are no more real than these guys.
“Iraq PM Haidar al-Abadi promises corruption crackdown after probe finds 50,000 ghost soldiers,”AFP, November 30, 2014 (thanks to Bill):
http://jihadwatch.org/Iraq’s prime minister Haidar al-Abadi has promised to crackdown on corruption after an investigation uncovered the existence of 50,000 “ghost soldiers”.“The prime minister revealed the existence of 50,000 fictitious names” in the military, Mr Abadi’s office said in a statement.The 50,000 jobs were equivalent to almost four full army division