Iraq Insurgents Targeting More Police

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_police_woes&cid=540&ncid=1473

BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the three months since he joined the police force in the Iraqi capital, Khalid Qassim has seen five fellow officers killed by insurgents. If he were not the family's sole breadwinner, that alone would have made him reconsider his job.


"The work is dangerous, but I'm forced to continue," said the 25-year-old Qassim.


In Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, police chief Maj. Gen. Talib Shamel al-Samarrai felt differently. Al-Samarrai resigned after insurgents attacked his home and the police headquarters.


He asked a cleric to announce his resignation over a loudspeaker from a mosque, saying he could no longer perform his duties and would have no longer have any "relations to any government body." On Sunday, al-Samarrai and his family left the city.

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[KingChicken]

1. We continue to ignore the facts....

The Iraqis are stuck in between a rock and a hard place, I can't blame the ones who leave, I can't blame the ones who fight back.

I can, however, blame the idiots in this country who support the constantaly failing policy of bringing "freedom" to other countries.

[The Sheik]

2. Obviously:

El Bushbo knew that Iraqis would flock for the job as police officers, so now attacks are split between cops and American soldiers so the number of Americans dead wouldnt be as high as it is now.