| Anyone think this is not a good plan?
Call me skeptical, but maybe the insurgents have enough of the particular weapons that they are turning over, and wish to use the money for other items.
Iraqi Premier Plans Expansion of Arms Handover Program: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/18/in...&partner=MYWAY
"Iraqi and American officials contend that Mr. Sadr still has much of his arsenal. But American commanders echoed Dr. Allawi's encouragement on Sunday, though they emphasized that the militia must deliver far more weaponry. The military said that Mr. Sadr's militia had turned in about 700 rocket-propelled grenades and about 400 mortar shells, along with hundreds of lighter weapons, and that the Iraqi government had paid about $1.2 million in return."
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