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Iraqi Police Now Number 300,000
Iraq has nearly doubled its police force to nearly 300,000 officers.The Iraqi Interior Ministry under Jawad Bolani said that more than 200,000 police officers were hired since 2006. The ministry said police have taken security responsibility in 10 provinces. "These steps have not come without great sacrifice," Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, the ministry's operations director, said. "We have had 10,000 police officers killed or injured trying to bring peace to our communities." Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-08-02 |
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