old, but relevent...
Monday 08 November 2004
alJazeera.net
"A large number of attackers, estimated at about 200, ambushed the main police station in Haditha and another smaller one in Haqlaniya," an officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.
"The attackers disarmed the police, gathered them together and then shot them dead," he said.
Policemen found their colleagues with their hands tied behind their backs, while the attackers made off with their weapons and about 15 vehicles.
Seen as collaborating with the US-led military, Iraq's fledgling security forces are a top target for groups fighting to drive out foreign armies.
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From a Minnesota NBC Station. It is impossible to tell whose side anyone is on from this article.
Uninvited Marines become part of life for Iraqis
10/27/2005
The Marines call it a necessary evil -- taking over houses and buildings for military use. For the Iraqis who become unwilling hosts, it can be anything from a mild inconvenience to a disruption that tears apart lives.
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"We try to be respectful and not destroy anything in their homes," said Cpl. Joseph Dudley of Los Gatos, Calif., with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. "We just borrow their house and try to complete our missions."
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But the Marines also run the risk of alienating residents.
Dhiya Hamid al-Karbuli, a truck driver from a village near the Syrian border, said he fled with his wife, six children, his brother, sister and mother after U.S. troops commandeered their home last month.
"They broke into my house before Ramadan and they are still there," he told The Associated Press by telephone from his brother's home in Baghdad. "We were not able to tolerate seeing them damage our house in front of our very eyes.... I was afraid to ask them to leave."
"They were eating our food. They took all the food from the refrigerator, and used all our stored junk food too. The major gave me $20 so we could shop for ourselves and for them. It was not enough."
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