U.S. Forces Arrest 40 Policemen in Raid

[ECH1969]

Iraqi authorities said late Sunday that U.S. forces raided an Interior Ministry building and arrested 40 policemen after discovering 17 non-Iraqi prisoners in the facility.

Police 1st Lt. Thayer Mahmoud said the arrested police were being held for investigation, but the reason was not known.

Mahmoud said the U.S. forces remained at the building and were guarding the 17 foreigners.

http://www.examiner.com/Top_News-a58717~U_S__Forces_Arrest_40_Policemen_in_Raid.html

[LynnTheDem]

1. Well, so much for that Iraqi police "PROGRESS!" bush went on about.

:eyes:

[TomInTib]

2. Sounds as if the US is miffed because the prisoners were not

remanded to US authority.

Uppity damned Iraqis. Thinking they can manage their own affairs.

[grytpype]

3. This is the second report today of us attacking the Shiites

Earlier it was US forces killing 18 Mahdi Army militiamen in a mosque.

This is becoming a three-way civil war with us as the Visiting Team the the supporter of one of the sides (the Shiites).

This is more than a clusterf*ck. It is a High Mongolian clusterf*ck.

[pocket]

5. reports say US killed 20 unarmed worshipers, not militiamen

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2189262&mesg_id=2189432

[grytpype]

6. Even worse, if true

[tabasco]

4. I see the transition is going smoothly.

How will Fox spin this as "good news?" :shrug:

[joanski0]

7. You mean after they train the policemen,

they arrest them???? My, my, my.

[icymist]

8. US troops arrest Iraq forces

US troops arrest Iraq forces
From correspondents in Baghdad
27mar06

US troops today arrested at least 40 Iraqi Interior Ministry forces who were holding 17 foreigners in a secret bunker complex, political sources said.

A Reuters reporter who approached the bunker complex today was turned away by Shiite militiamen.
It was not clear who the foreigners were but the Shiite-led Iraqi government has launched a crackdown on Sunni foreign fighters from Arab states it accuses of carrying out suicide bombings which have killed thousands of mostly Shiite Iraqis.

US troops last year found 173 mostly Sunni Arab prisoners held in a secret Interior Ministry bunker.

(more)
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18616275%255E1702,00.html

[LynnTheDem]

9. Well so much for that much-lauded "SOVEREIGNTY" bush yaps on about.

And there goes that "PROGRESS" bush chatters about.

Poor bush; the FACTS just made a fucking fool of him again, damn those FACTS!

[bemildred]

10. Can't tell the players withour a program,

And it better not be yesterday's program, either.

[FloridaPat]

11. These are the guys that are going to "stand up" so our troops can

"stand down"?