Posted on 11/17/2004 7:30:22 PM PST by Snapple
17 November 2004 -- Officials with Iraq's Interior Ministry are trying to confirm a report today that at least 31 police officers were kidnapped while returning from training in neighboring Jordan on 14 November.
The report came from one policeman, who says he escaped while some 20 armed men entered a hotel on near the Jordanian border where they were staying. He said the kidnappers hooded the unarmed policemen, tied their hands, and took them away.
The authenticity of the report could not be immediately confirmed.
In the northern town of Baiji today, at least five Iraqis were killed when a bomb exploded close to a U.S. patrol.
The city of Mosul, also in the north, was relatively quiet today after days of clashes between U.S. and Iraqi forces and insurgents.
In Al-Fallujah, U.S. and Iraqi forces were still hunting for insurgents after nine days of fighting that the U.S. military says has left some 1,600 insurgents dead.
When will these policemen learn to arm themselves to the teeth and act as if they are in harm's way at all times??!!
are you kidding me? these "trained" police need to carry guns and use them for what they were supposedly trained.
instead of running away like they did last week in mosel.
These men were reportedly returning from training in Jordan. They weren't in Mosul.
They probably don't have weapons issued to them at all times unless they are on the job.
about a month ago 30 to 50 (cant remember)
ING just finished training and on an inside tip there bus was stopped the day after graduation and they were all laid on the ground and shot in the back of the head. if the scum sucking bad guys can walk into any mosque and select an ak47 or rpg surely the graduating iraqi police can be armed.
IMHO
Perhaps they don't want them to have guns unless they are supervised because they don't trust them.
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