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Police and soldiers sacked



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IRAQ'S government has sacked 1,300 police and soldiers because of their failure to perform during fighting last month with Shia militia in the south of the country.
A spokesman for the interior ministry yesterday said more than 900 officers were sacked in Basra, where a crackdown on Shiite militia was launched that triggered Iraq's worst fighting since the first half of 2007. The rest were fired in the province of Wasit, where the fighting spread.

Iraqi officials have acknowledged that 1,000 soldiers refused to fight in the campaign, the biggest offensive yet led by Iraqi forces with little participation from allied troops.





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  • Last Updated: 13 April 2008 9:52 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Iraq
 
1

Lynne,

Palm Beach Gardens 14/04/2008 04:08:21
Another step forward for the Iraqis...now if only they can get the corruption under control..
2

Foulkes Off the CyberNat,

Edinburgh 14/04/2008 10:28:44
1

Are you completely insane?? a step forward??
Thats a 1300 coalition trained fighting force pushed into the hands of the insurgency.
The fact that the coalition is training and arming their enemies just about sums up the stupidity of the entire conflict.
And the first step to combatting the corruption should be to kick Haliburton out and put their oil production out to tender.
3

Findlay Thompson,

14/04/2008 10:33:00
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It would assist the Israeli's I suppose. As 2 points out you have a trained body of men ready to join the insurgents, to keep the pot simmering for a little longer.
4

Boy Wonder,

14/04/2008 11:14:26
We should learn from Iraq.

Let's sack OUR useless cops and sojers and start afresh!
5

mike - across the pond,

a little journalism please???? 15/04/2008 06:38:46
one FACT you forgot to post....

1300 fired....

out of 14,000 they sent... not great, but certainly nothing to sneeze at either.....
6

Lynne,

Palm Beach Gardens 16/04/2008 05:46:48
One could never trust those guys to "watch your back"..they are better off fired, and their allegiance should have been to their country...not Sadr.
7

Foulkes Off the CyberNat,

Edinburgh 16/04/2008 15:17:39
6

Funnily enough Lynne they think their allegiance is to their country who are you to say different??

 

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