U.S. call for Iraqi police in Haditha goes unanswered

[spindrifter]

By Andrew Tilghman, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, June 5, 2006

HADITHA, Iraq — Lt. Col. Norman Cooling has spent months trying to set up a local police force, but that is proving to be a tough sell in this city where insurgent violence is on the rise and few young men want to be seen working with U.S. forces.

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The Marines here are facing a conundrum: They say they need a local police force to curtail the daily insurgent attacks, but locals say the Marines must stop the insurgents’ murder and intimidation campaign before they can feel secure enough to publicly participate in an American-led police force.

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Some locals suggest that the best way to form a police force is for the Marines to leave the area.

“I think if you guys just left the city and left the Iraqis to create a police department on our own, then that would work,” said Ahwad Zaheed, the 26-year-old son of another prominent tribal leader. “I will not join because people will believe the police are working side by side with the Americans. When I see a pure Iraqi government — not working with the Americans — then I will be glad to join the police force.”

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[MadMaddie]

1. This is something that have should have been forseen....

any man that attempts to join the police force is murdered....jeeze...it continues to go from bad to worse...

[jimshoes]

2. These are people that believe in creating their own

realities. If the real world reality refuses to mesh with their made up reality, they simply move to the next town or hamlet and create another stinking reality that may or may not be more to their liking. Right now they are batting 0 for 12,976 or there about. I don't think any of these guys learned a thing from history. Or if they did, they were told to stuff it.