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| Police recruits killed in Iraq ambush |
| 2006-10-23 |
| At least 13 Iraqi police recruits have been killed and at least 24 wounded after fighters ambushed a bus convoy. A senior police official said the policemen were attacked on Sunday as they travelled home to Baghdad from a training centre that had come under fire the previous day. Major-General Ghassan al-Bawi, Diyala province police chief, said: "They were being brought home to Baghdad from the training centre for a new emergency response brigade when insurgents set up a roadblock to stop them and opened fire." Baquba, 65km north of Baghdad, is an area with a mixed population of Shia and Sunni Arabs and it has seen relentless bloodshed in recent months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Did it ever occur to them that maybe God wants them to fight and live? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-10-23 17:03 |
| #3 Possibly the fatalism of the "Inshallah" philosophy, Slaviger Angomong7708. What use to fight what God wills? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-23 13:58 |
| #2 I'm still surprised at how many Iraqi office holders (judges,lawyers,legislators,police recruits. etc.) are shot to death without putting up a fight. Even Iraqi homes are allowed to have an AK-47 apiece for self-defense, even prayer leaders in mosques carry arms, so why aren't these folks packing heat? Utopian pacificism? Stupidity? |
| Posted by: Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-23 09:47 |
| #1 By now it's just intolerable that police recruits do not travel in armed convoys. It's obvious that they are a prime target for all sorts of troublemakers, and they should be armed to the teeth. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-10-23 09:06 |