New Iraqi version of 'Cops' comes to Kirkuk television

[ECH1969]

KIRKUK, Iraq -- Shattered glass, body parts, a blood-splattered blue sedan: the grainy video pans over the scene as Iraqi officers comb the site of a drive-by assassination.

It's "Cops" Iraqi-style, minus the "Bad Boys" soundtrack but otherwise roughly modeled after the American TV show.

Created to make government more transparent, "The Cops Show" featuring Kirkuk officers in action is the first of its kind in the country and is breaking new ground in Iraqi television. A live call-in portion gives the public the chance to praise the security forces or gripe about them.

The show opened with graphic videotape of the body of an off-duty police captain, assassinated just days after his wedding. Taha decried the shooting as a "cowardly job" and urged the public to help.

http://www.idsnews.com/subsite/story.php?id=30486

[longship]

1. Great!! Four hours of electricity a day.

And people are watching this shit?

I guess ya've got to catapult the propaganda.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate topic

From Sunday-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1717701