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2007-10-21 Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2007-10-21 06:34|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 But if the police are found guilty, the Camp Victory assault would represent one of the more glaring examples of Iraqi security forces turning on their American partners to devastating effect

AQI plants maybe?

Posted by gorb 2007-10-21 06:59|| 2007-10-21 06:59|| Front Page Top

#2 The militant members of the Mahdi Army, the powerful Shiite militia led by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, were "definitely" behind the attack

And why is this bastard still among the living?

Posted by Besoeker 2007-10-21 08:19|| 2007-10-21 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 And why is this bastard still among the living?

He's still across the border.

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-10-21 08:58|| 2007-10-21 08:58|| Front Page Top

#4 I gather that the police in the South have long been heavily infiltrated by militiamen, some units to the point where they could force the non-militia police to join or out. However, *which* militia in which police unit is the big question.

For example, in some areas they would be Mehdi, in others, Badr, and some are probably SCIRI, whatever they are calling themselves now. And until they start attacking each other, or us, we have no idea who the infiltrators are. The boundaries get hazy.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-21 09:05|| 2007-10-21 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmm, must be Philadelphia Police.

Posted by Guillibaldo Grusorong6574 2007-10-21 10:05|| 2007-10-21 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Doesn't matter who they are---that matters is what they aren't.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-10-21 14:54|| 2007-10-21 14:54|| Front Page Top

#7 It sounds like we're starting to get intelligence on who the bad guys are in the police force. It's only going to cascade, which is quite exciting. Won't it be nice when we can compare Iraqi police corruption to New Orleans or Los Angeles, instead of unfavourably to Pakistan?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-21 22:30|| 2007-10-21 22:30|| Front Page Top

#8 "There were several Iraqi police vehicles spotted leaving the scene."

Another good reason why we should have mopped up Iraq before being so worried about their self-governance. Iraqi corruption starts at the bottom and goes all the way to the top. Corruption is a congenital feature of Islamic societies and will only be rooted out once Islam itself is finally dismantled.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-21 23:17|| 2007-10-21 23:17|| Front Page Top

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