Iraq Hampers U.S. Bid to Widen Sunni Police Role

The American military's push to organize Sunni Arabs into local neighborhood watch groups has been one of the United States' most important initiatives in Iraq -- so much so that President Bush flew to Anbar Province in September to highlight growing alliances with Sunni tribal leaders.

But now that the Americans are trying to institutionalize the arrangement by training the Sunnis to become police officers, the effort has been hampered by ... Full Story »

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Topics: Iraq, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Oct 28, 2007 - 8:03 AM PDT
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Damien Jones
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by Damien Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

The story shows the dificulty of dealing with a society that has sectarian rifts. Unfortunately, by neccesity(?), it is onesided. Nevertheless it is thought provoking and leaves you to wonder what will happen should the US troops leave. The Related Story link to the LA Times provides some additional comments from Maliki etc.

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Leo Romero
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