Iraq Officials Fire Thousands of Policemen

[conjur]

http://www.wescfm.com/script/h...nalnews&feed_id=59

United Press International

Iraqi authorities have fired thousands of police officers and taken over the recruiting of new policemen, the Washington Times reported Sunday.

"Most of the screening as far as the staff is up to the Iraqi staff now," said U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Bradley, who trains Iraqi national guardsmen. "Right now, whether or not the person is clean, it depends on the Iraqis."

The Times said the police officers trained and hired by the United States are believed to have been enemy informants and sympathizers who undermined numerous operations and tipped off terrorists.

The police chiefs of Mosul and Samarra were also fired following numerous insurgent attacks.

U.S. and Iraqi officials confirmed that many other law enforcement officers have been fired for incompetence or suspected insurgent sentiments since Iraqis regained sovereignty from coalition forces at the end of June.

"The Iraqis have their own methods of recruiting police officers that might fall short of U.S. civil rights standards, but they are proving effective," according to Bradley.

Damn insurgent sympathizers. Don't they know freedom is on the march??

 

[feralkid]

Can I wait untill January, and then complain that if Kerry had been elected it would be all his fault?

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I see this as a very positive sign. Not only do the Iraqi police realize they have people inside their network working against them, but they have the power to do something about it. Such a step could not have been taken if there wasn't at least some sort of positive influence overtaking command. Good for them.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: ChrisIsBored
I see this as a very positive sign. Not only do the Iraqi police realize they have people inside their network working against them, but they have the power to do something about it. Such a step could not have been taken if there wasn't at least some sort of positive influence overtaking command. Good for them.

I just hope that they are not using the same intelligence that we used to justify this so called war! :Q