Paying Iraqi Bureaucrats Is Part Of U.S. Plan to Rebuild Country (washingtonpost.com)

The Iraqi military is a key variable. The Pentagon officials said the administration intends to pay hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the regular army for nonmilitary work. The offer would not apply to Hussein's elite Republican Guard or Special Republican Guard units.

The Pentagon expects to oversee initial repairs to Iraq's oil industry. U.S. authorities expect others to run the industry and manage its profits, said a senior official, who said, "I don't expect to be the guy who sells the oil."

No mention that the profits will pay for all the rebuilding. One administration official admitted today that they are not sending reconstruction and occupation estimates to Congress because too many would be shocked.