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| Iraqi government to unleash new security measures to curb terrorism |
| 2005-09-15 |
| Iraqi Acting Prime Minister Roz Nuri Shawis presided over here on Wednesday a meeting of the country's national security committee which groups the ministers of interior, defense and national security to discus the series of attacks in Baghdad earlier in the day in which more than 100 people reportedly killed and a greater numbers wounded. An official government statement said "certain measures and security directives" have been adopted in the meeting to "curb vicious terrorist attacks" on the "united Iraqi people". The statement failed to reveal nature of the measures, but government sources told KUNA that the measures would be declared each at a time to help prevent violence in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. "The measures would be strict and firm," the source noted. The statement noted that "the present leaders of Iraq are currently in New York for the organization's 60th anniversary summit conference, in an historic opportunity to show the world the successes achieved at the Iraqi national unity level." The statement called on the peoples of Iraq to sow more unity and raise their state of alert to curb movement of insurgents and maintain national unity. Meanwhile, Iraqi Kurdistan region President Masoud Barazani condemned the blasts in Baghdad today, pointing out that security in the capital was still unstable and voiced sympathy with the victims of the explosion. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Oh brother, I've been reading of these "new security" measures for more than a year now, and they almost always fail to live up to expectations. Why? Because of a lack of bold, imaginative, and courageous leadership. Why not try a comprehensive ban on all civilian and commericial driving in certain, predominately Shiite sectors of Baghdad that are often targeted with car bombs? Rendering entire sectors pedestrian only will not prevent walking homicide bombers that strapped expolsives to their bodies, but at least you prevent the fuel truck bomb or the mini-van bomb, either of which carry explosive packages of hundreds, sometime more than a thousand pounds. Same old, same old. Terrorists park their cars in crowded areas, often right next to a police station, and nobody pays attention until the darn thing goes KABOOM! Or Ters simply gunned their death mobiles at crowds or Iraqi police and US military convoys with the usual lethal results. Take the car bomb out of the ters' hands by banning all but military, police, and vetted emergency services' vehicles. Sorry folks, here a bike or walk, good for your health either way. But the four wheeled death mobiles will be for the time being, off limits. |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-09-15 08:13 |