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2008-05-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

New US-trained Palestinian police bested by handful of terrorists

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Posted by tipper 2008-05-21 11:37|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "I don't know how they can handle security without Israel backing them up," said one of the Israelis.

They face the same thing as the Iraqi police did earlier. The terrorists will kill them and their families if the police start getting effective. Unless you kill the terrorists, the police will continue to not function.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-21 11:45|| 2008-05-21 11:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Incidentally, the 13 terrorists were all pardoned by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last June on condition that they disarm and renounce violence.

Well can ya beat that...ya'd almost think they had this planned all along.

Posted by tu3031 2008-05-21 11:58|| 2008-05-21 11:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, but they can jump through flaming hoops real well!

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-21 12:04|| 2008-05-21 12:04|| Front Page Top

#4 "But Israeli military officials that have been monitoring the progress of the new Palestinian forces told WorldNetDaily this week that they are proving impotent against the terrorist infrastructures embedded in those towns."

Anon sources, per a heavily biased news org. I wouldnt buy it from the left, and I dont buy it here. Everything Ive read everywhere else, INCLUDING the Jer Post, leads me to think the Jenin deployment has gone reasonably well.

The incident that is specifically mentioned is in Nablus. Well from everything Ive read elsewhere, the new police have mainly gone into Jenin, not Nablus, specifically at the request of Israel. Im not sure the source of the disconnect here, but I wouldnt assume WND has it right.

And even if ALL of this is true, it certainly shows that the PA is attempting to fight terrorists, and in Nablus called in the IDF when they failed, which is certainly progress over the PA trying to keep the IDF out.

And yes, it can take awhile for a new sec force to find its legs. Again, if this were MSM reporting on the Iraqi army, we'd all reiterate that.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-21 12:39|| 2008-05-21 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 No amount of training can change somebody's basic nature. "Palestinian Police" are terrorists---US SF training just makes them
much more dangerous terrorists.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-21 14:14|| 2008-05-21 14:14|| Front Page Top

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