Iraqi Police Suspected of Killing U.S. Civilians

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040312/ts_nm/iraq_killings_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480

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"Six persons were detained as part of the incident. Four of those persons were carrying current and we believe valid Iraqi police service identification," Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for the U.S. Army in Iraq (news - web sites), told a news conference.

The three were killed late Tuesday on a road between Kerbala and Hilla, south of Baghdad. Their car was found later by Polish troops in charge of security in the area, with the bodies of the victims in the trunk.

U.S. occupation troops have been hiring and training Iraqi police in the hope that they could eventually take over the security of Iraq.

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Kimmitt told a news conference the fifth arrested suspect was a former police officer in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s toppled government, and the sixth was a civilian.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

1. Good thing we gave them weapons and trainging....

...otherwise there would be chaos in Iraq.

[mmm]

2. Does this mean they are suspended with pay?

Will there be an inquiry?

What a mess we have made.

[bemildred]

3. A blue-ribbon commision to investigate, a "Tiger Team(tm)".

On another note, there was story today to the effect that 30%
of the new Afghani army has deserted, possibly delaying the
elections.