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Over 500 Iraqis join police in Anbar
AP ^ | August 22 2006 | VIJAY JOSHI

Posted on 08/22/2006 10:12:55 AM PDT by jmc1969

More than 500 Iraqi men have joined the police in restive Anbar province — a focal point of the Sunni Arab insurgency — in the most successful recruiting drive in the region by U.S. and Iraqi forces, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

Also Tuesday, two people were killed in a bomb explosion in Baghdad and two people were killed during clashes between British forces and gunmen in the southern city of Amarah, police said.

U.S. Marines screened thousands of applicants earlier this month in various regions along the western Euphrates River valley before shortlisting the recruits for the Anbar police force, said a statement by the U.S. command.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anbar; iraq; iraqipolice; oif

1 posted on 08/22/2006 10:12:55 AM PDT by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969

Is it 1/5 who are terrorists, or 1/10?


2 posted on 08/22/2006 10:13:57 AM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: jmc1969

Either way, I think it takes real courage to be a dedicated police officer in Iraq. Your family and friends become targets, and you wear a uniform that functions as a target for terrorists. And then there's the fact that you can't really, absolutely trust your fellow security officers.

Most people in our country would rather starve than deal with those odds of survival.


3 posted on 08/22/2006 10:16:40 AM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: jmc1969

Shhhh. Don't tell Murtha or the anti-bush freepers.


4 posted on 08/22/2006 10:16:54 AM PDT by pissant
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To: jmc1969

Let's hope none are terrorist infiltrators.


5 posted on 08/22/2006 10:17:33 AM PDT by DuxFan4ever (The next rational liberal I meet will be the first.)
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To: jmc1969
Over 500 Iraqis join police in Anbar

I could have sworn at first glance that said 500 Iraqis join police in Ann Arbor. And I wouldn't have been surprised.

6 posted on 08/22/2006 12:28:20 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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