In a separate development , a member of an al Qaeda in Iraq cell responsible for several dozen assassinations in and around Baghdad has been arrested , the U.S. military said . Iraq to hire thousands of former soldiers who worked under Saddam Hussein . The U.S. government has been trying for years to get the Iraqi army and police forces into a state where they can fight ISIS without American help. After the 2003 invasion of Iraq Baathist institutions were dissolved . Many former Baath party members became marginalized and joined the insurgency .
Iraq to hire thousands of former soldiers who worked under Saddam Hussein . The U.S. government has been trying for years to get the Iraqi army and police forces into a state where they can fight ISIS without American help. After the 2003 invasion of Iraq Baathist institutions were dissolved . Many former Baath party members became marginalized and joined the insurgency .