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| U.S. Army Suspects Iraqi Police Coordinates Attacks | |
| 2003-11-29 | |
| There is no evidence that al-Qaida terrorists have taken part in the long string of attacks on U.S. or Iraqi targets, but some U.S.-trained Iraqi police appear to have coordinated some of those assaults, the top U.S. military official in Iraq said Saturday. The New York Times, true to form, begins its article with a boldface lie, "there is no evidence that al-Qaida terrorists have taken part in the long string of attacks...." They are one disgusting cadre of pseudojournalists. U.S. military officials are concerned that some attacks on Americans have been coordinated by a few of the numerous Iraqi civilians hired by the U.S. military, who may glean intelligence on troop movements and travels of high-ranking officers, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez told reporters at the Baghdad Convention Center. If you are truly worried about that, begin by reinstating Lt. Colonel West, who is now in a legal limbo because he threathened a so-called Iraqi policeman. As a way of conclusion, several points: * This should put to rest the myth that disbanding the Iraqi Army was a mistake; if the cops are unreliable, then the soldiers would be even worse. * I repeat my doctrine: Islam itself is the problem and secularism is the solution. One of the reasons cooperation from Iraqis is difficult is the Islamic rule that prohibits Muslims from recognizing the rule of non-Muslims. * A lesson from History: auxiliary troops, such as the Iraqi cops allegedly are, must be made dependent on their authority from the new rulers. If, instead of "Iraqi Policemen", we would have made them "Coalition Authority Policemen", the situation would be different. (By cooperating so closely with us, their very lives would depend on our victory.)
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| Posted by:Sorge |
| #2 Your doctrine needs modification: Islam itself is the biggest problem and secularism will never survive in Islamic countries due to non-tolerance and uncontrolled population explosions of Muslims. Another reason for the lack of cooperation from Iraqis is that Islamic rule prohibits a Muslim from talking behind another Muslim. |
| Posted by: SK 2003-11-30 5:39:13 AM |
| #1 To be fair to the NYT, this is an AP wire story that was printed verbatim from the feed. Of course this doesn't change much - IF AP hadn't written it someone at NYT or Reuters would have. |
| Posted by: spiffo 2003-11-29 1:07:35 PM |