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Iraqi Police May Have Coordinated Attacks
AP/ Yahooooo ^ | 12/29/2003 | Jim Krane

Posted on 11/29/2003 7:11:57 AM PST by ConservativeMan55

Iraqi Police May Have Coordinated Attacks
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By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - There is no evidence that al-Qaida terrorists have taken part in the long string of attacks on U.S. or Iraqi targets, but some U.S.-trained Iraqi police appear to have coordinated some of those assaults, the top U.S. military official in Iraq (news - web sites) said Saturday.

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U.S. military officials are concerned that some attacks on Americans have been coordinated by a few of the numerous Iraqi civilians hired by the U.S. military, who may glean intelligence on troop movements and travels of high-ranking officers, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez told reporters at the Baghdad Convention Center.

"Clearly those are concerns we have. We try to do the vetting (of Iraqi employees) as close as we can," he said. "There have been instances when police were coordinating attacks against the coalition and against the people."

He said the insurgency was becoming particularly bloody for Iraqi civilians. Guerrillas launched more than 150 attacks on Iraqi civilian and police targets, killing scores during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended last week.

Sanchez also said the United States is boosting the number of infantrymen in Iraq and moving from a force based on tanks and heavy armored vehicles to one specializing in urban raids.

A new phase in the Iraq war, known as Iraqi Freedom II, would begin as current forces are rotated out of Iraq and replaced by new units, including several thousand U.S. Marines, Sanchez said.

"We are going to change the composition of our forces," Sanchez said. "We'll have more infantry. We're moving to a more mobile force, one that has the right blend of light and heavy."

Sanchez said he saw no need for an overall increase in U.S. forces in Iraq, and the number of troops would decrease as transportation, logistics and communications personnel are sent home.

The general said some support troops are being replaced by civilian contractors, in the case of transportation and logistics. The military also is starting to use commercial sources for communications, he said, thus allowing more soldiers to depart.

Washington currently has 130,000 troops in Iraq.

The Department of Defense (news - web sites) had announced this month that the total number of U.S. troops in Iraq would drop to about 105,000 after troop rotations that start in January are completed in May. But the additional marines appear to bump up that total to 110,000.

"There's no way we're going to put this mission at risk in terms of combat power," Sanchez said, explaining the need for the marines, whose normal tasks tend toward invasions, not occupation duties.

"What we're in search of is a very mobile, very flexible, lethal force that can accomplish its mission. Those terms are dictated by the enemy."


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KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqipolice; police; station; war
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To: ConservativeMan55
Surprise!

I assure you those most eager to work with us our former regime SOBs. I hope this is something that can be overcomed.

God Bless Our Troops.
41 posted on 11/29/2003 5:52:50 PM PST by faithincowboys ( Zell Miller is the only elected democrat in America who isn't committing treason.)
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To: Imal; Technogeeb
Interesting posts. Thanks.
42 posted on 11/29/2003 6:19:07 PM PST by livius
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To: ConservativeMan55
I think the attack on the Spanish today was also coordinated on the basis of inside information.

See my post at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1030846/posts
43 posted on 11/29/2003 6:42:51 PM PST by livius
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To: livius
Very interesting links you seem to have made.
44 posted on 11/29/2003 7:15:47 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (The left always "feels your pain" unless of course they caused it.)
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To: livius
MOABS sooner than we thought.
45 posted on 11/29/2003 7:21:26 PM PST by txhurl (MOABs now.)
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To: taxed2death
SEE #24, dont believe the liberal myth claptrap, we didn't fund the taliban nor Bin Laden or Al qaeda.

I wish i had time to dig up the research, maybe sometime i'll post it on my web log for future reference

46 posted on 11/29/2003 9:36:28 PM PST by chudogg
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To: Technogeeb
Please note, however, that we DID give support to the Taliban during the Clinton administration (long after the Soviets had retreated); this was primarily bribes under the "war on drugs" to convince them to combat the farming of poppies and the opium trade.

A little off topic but I had to point out the humor in the fact that many in the anti-WOD drug camp seem to think Klinton and the Rats are on their side. Klinton spent more on the WOD than any other administration and stiffened penalties.

47 posted on 11/30/2003 10:47:59 AM PST by Indie
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To: CyberAnt
The woman is committing TREASON!

I agree with everything in your post but one thing: woman??? I'm sorry, couldn't resist. I'm a bad boy.

48 posted on 11/30/2003 10:50:04 AM PST by Indie
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To: Indie
Okay .. I'll forgive you .. I realize the word "woman" is suspect! LOL!
49 posted on 11/30/2003 12:51:06 PM PST by CyberAnt (America .. the LIGHT of the World)
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To: Imal
Hmmmmmm...I've read from more than a few different sources that the Taliban was created through the Pakistani ISI and was funded in it's inception throught the ISI by the CIA.

Seems like a pretty clear link to me.
50 posted on 11/30/2003 12:53:03 PM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: Eowyn-of-Rohan
What would you have them do? They have to use Iraqis or they will never be able to take over their own government.
51 posted on 11/30/2003 12:54:13 PM PST by ladyinred (The Left have blood on their hands!)
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To: chudogg
You better spend a lot more time digging through your research. Taliban was created through Pakistani ISI with CIA funding. A very well known and published fact. :)
52 posted on 11/30/2003 1:18:17 PM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: taxed2death
While the CIA is known to be used as a tool for political subterfuge, notably in eastern Europe and famously in southeast Asia, Central and South America, I would need to see some pretty convincing evidence to accept the thesis that it was the driving force behind the Taliban.

Truth is indeed usually stranger than fiction, but U.S. motives for fomenting an Islamic uprising in this case would be very esoteric and probably self-defeating. The very fact that the CIA has shot itself in the foot several times leads me to believe that it would be very circumspect about supporting a cultural jihad after the Soviet withdrawal from Pakistan.

"More than a few different sources" lead me to suspect your post is made with tongue fixed firmly in cheek. ;^)

53 posted on 11/30/2003 9:22:25 PM PST by Imal (Nothing is more terrifying to a liberal than a strong America.)
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To: Imal
"Soviet withdrawal from Pakistan"

Correction: That should not have been posted, because news of the Soviet presence in Pakistan was suppressed under the orders of the Beta Reticuloids and the Bilderberg Group. :^D

54 posted on 11/30/2003 9:27:14 PM PST by Imal (Nothing is more terrifying to a liberal than a strong America.)
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