Comments on: Iraqi Police Now Number 300,000 http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/ The latest in policital news and the war in Iraq Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:20:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kurt(the infidel) http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239725 Kurt(the infidel) Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:38:51 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239725 the iraqis have given the lives of alot of their best as well. we cant forget that. 300,000 cops, thats an impressive number :beer: the iraqis have given the lives of alot of their best as well. we cant forget that. 300,000 cops, thats an impressive number :beer:

]]> By: Mr. Big http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239750 Mr. Big Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:12:52 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239750 “These steps have not come without great sacrifice,” Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, the ministry’s operations director, said. “We have had 10,000 police officers killed or injured trying to bring peace to our communities.” Remember how all we ever heard was how sectarian the police forces were and how badly they'd been infiltrated by the militias. While certainly there was a grain of truth to this, it was always given as just another reason why we should just throw in the towel or another indication why the whole effort was just a waste of time, lives and resources. Never was a mention made of the extraordinary sacrifice and courage of these brave Iraqis who put on the uniform every day in hope of securing a better tomorrow. I can remember seeing a video of a vehicle approaching a checkpoint (I think it was in Mosul), and the lone policeman manning it recognized that it was an attempted car bombing and had drawn his weapon and fired several shots at the driver before the vehicle exploded and he was engulfed “These steps have not come without great sacrifice,” Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, the ministry’s operations director, said. “We have had 10,000 police officers killed or injured trying to bring peace to our communities.”

Remember how all we ever heard was how sectarian the police forces were and how badly they’d been infiltrated by the militias. While certainly there was a grain of truth to this, it was always given as just another reason why we should just throw in the towel or another indication why the whole effort was just a waste of time, lives and resources. Never was a mention made of the extraordinary sacrifice and courage of these brave Iraqis who put on the uniform every day in hope of securing a better tomorrow.

I can remember seeing a video of a vehicle approaching a checkpoint (I think it was in Mosul), and the lone policeman manning it recognized that it was an attempted car bombing and had drawn his weapon and fired several shots at the driver before the vehicle exploded and he was engulfed

]]> By: Mr. Big http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239755 Mr. Big Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:17:37 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239755 “These steps have not come without great sacrifice,” Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, the ministry’s operations director, said. “We have had 10,000 police officers killed or injured trying to bring peace to our communities.” Remember how all we ever heard was how sectarian the police forces were and how badly they'd been infiltrated by the militias. While certainly there was a grain of truth to this, it was always given as just another reason why we should just throw in the towel or another indication why the whole effort was just a waste of time, lives and resources. Never was a mention made of the extraordinary sacrifice and courage of these brave Iraqis who put on the uniform every day in hope of securing a better tomorrow. I can remember seeing a video of a vehicle approaching a checkpoint (I think it was in Mosul), and the lone policeman manning it recognized that it was an attempted car bombing and had drawn his weapon and fired several shots at the driver before the vehicle exploded and he was engulfed in the blast. I couldn't help thinking what kind of courage it most have taken to go out and man that checkpoint every day knowing that the next vehicle that approached could be bringing the end of your life. Those serving now and those who have gone before are truely heroes. Godspeed “These steps have not come without great sacrifice,” Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, the ministry’s operations director, said. “We have had 10,000 police officers killed or injured trying to bring peace to our communities.”

Remember how all we ever heard was how sectarian the police forces were and how badly they’d been infiltrated by the militias. While certainly there was a grain of truth to this, it was always given as just another reason why we should just throw in the towel or another indication why the whole effort was just a waste of time, lives and resources. Never was a mention made of the extraordinary sacrifice and courage of these brave Iraqis who put on the uniform every day in hope of securing a better tomorrow.

I can remember seeing a video of a vehicle approaching a checkpoint (I think it was in Mosul), and the lone policeman manning it recognized that it was an attempted car bombing and had drawn his weapon and fired several shots at the driver before the vehicle exploded and he was engulfed in the blast. I couldn’t help thinking what kind of courage it most have taken to go out and man that checkpoint every day knowing that the next vehicle that approached could be bringing the end of your life.

Those serving now and those who have gone before are truely heroes.

Godspeed

]]> By: dvldok http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239793 dvldok Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:05:17 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-239793 Hmmm.......Missing the part where the Coalition forces (mainly American military and contracted US Law Enforcement agents/officers) have been supervising/conducting the training. Earlier this year the IP's in/around Fallujah took the lead in conducting the training but there are still US Advisors and PITT's (Police Intergration Training Team's) imbeded at the training facilities and police stations. The Iraqi's have come along way towards having professional law enforcement officers. Hmmm…….Missing the part where the Coalition forces (mainly American military and contracted US Law Enforcement agents/officers) have been supervising/conducting the training. Earlier this year the IP’s in/around Fallujah took the lead in conducting the training but there are still US Advisors and PITT’s (Police Intergration Training Team’s) imbeded at the training facilities and police stations.

The Iraqi’s have come along way towards having professional law enforcement officers.

]]> By: TouchStone http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-240123 TouchStone Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:20:27 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/08/iraqi-police-now-number-300000/#comment-240123 Once upon a time, putting out specific numbers like that would have been a no-no. Whatever happened to OpSec? Once upon a time, putting out specific numbers like that would have been a no-no.

Whatever happened to OpSec?

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