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2004-04-04 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi police âwere too scaredâ to help Americans in Fallujah

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Posted by tipper 2004-04-04 4:18:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Too scared?" What crap!
Belmont Club thinks they were bribed, which is even more likely.
The Telegraph, which is the closest that the UK comes to having a "fair and balanced" newspaper, which is not saying much, just can't resist using this "story" about the IP's fear to relate what hated bad-asses the American soldiers are.
If I didn't know better, I'd think it was written by John Kerry.

Posted by Jen 2004-04-04 4:30:25 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-04 4:30:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 To my knowledge, the event cited is the only such friendly fire incident by US troops on Iraqi police -- and it involved the policemen approaching a roadblock checkpoint at high speed in pursuit of some "bad guys." That, firing on vehicles which are obviously not going to stop - the speed alone being proof of it, is SOP in every martial law or war zone I've ever heard of. Obviously the vehicle needed markings and the occupants needed to have radioed ahead and confirmed their identities to have expected anything different. Slowing down and signalling you'll stop would've been the obvious thing to do sans radio comms. The vehicle not doing so would've been stopped for you.

Just one such event...
"'If we help the US when they are under attack we usually end up getting shot at as well - they donât trust us any more than the rest of the people here,' the sergeant said."

Regards the first item, bullshit - one event, or even two, does not equal "usually." As for the second, too goddamned right, Ahmed.

Payoff or cowardice. The blather doesn't cut it.

Posted by .com 2004-04-04 4:56:34 AM|| 2004-04-04 4:56:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is horrified by the Americansâ plans to flout the rules, believing that such action could lead to a serious escalation in violence."

This is just about the most discouraging thing I have heard yet in the WoT--even more discouraging than the Spanish election results last month. I don't know about you, but this sounds like Loony Liberal Logic to me. The jihadis are escalating the violence, and the only way to stop it is to keep escalating it right back at them--without any limits--until they give up.

I think we've become too goddamn civilized.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-04-04 8:44:56 AM|| 2004-04-04 8:44:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Standard American police credo:To protect and serve.

Fallugian police credo:Duck and cower.

Posted by Raptor 2004-04-04 9:45:28 AM|| 2004-04-04 9:45:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think we've become too goddamn civilized.

More like "Politicaly Correct". I understand what you're saying though, Dave. We need to fight dirty if we're going to win this. It was our policy in Vietnam to be 'civilized' and some people won't even call it a war now!

Posted by Charles 2004-04-04 10:06:13 AM|| 2004-04-04 10:06:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Nobody will hand them over to the Americans, though: we will just give them a talking to and tell them ânot again.â"

Who says we're going to ask?????

And maybe they need a timeout at GTMO.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-04-04 1:21:38 PM|| 2004-04-04 1:21:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Of course they're afraid. Their town is a mafia stronghold.

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-04 2:17:19 PM|| 2004-04-04 2:17:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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