New Iraqi police fight US troops who trained them

[shraby]

With american fighter jets and helicopters buzzing the skies overhead, an officer in Iraq's new police force approaches a group of fighters on Fallujah's front lines with an urgent call to arms.

"I need a man who can use an RPG," says Omar, who wears the uniform of a first lieutenant. Four hands shoot up and a cry rings out: "We are ready." He chooses a young man, Bilal, and they drive to an underpass on the outskirts of the city.

There, on Highway One, an American Humvee is driving east. Bilal aims and fires his rocket propelled grenade, turning the vehicle into a smoking, twisted, metal carcass. The fate of its occupants is unknown.

First Lt Omar is sworn to uphold the law and fight the insurgency that threatens Iraq's evolution into a free and democratic state. Instead, he is exploiting his knowledge of US tactics to help the rebel cause in Fallujah.

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<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/27/wirq127.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/06/27/ixnewstop.html>

:wtf:

[DulceDecorum]

1. Remembering "Baghdad Bob"

"We're going to drag the drunken junkie nose of Bush through Iraq's desert, him and his follower dog Blair...There are 26 million Saddams in Iraq"
-- Iraqi Information Minister.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894827/posts

First Lt Omar = an army of one
(out of 26 Million Saddams.)

[classof56]

2. WTF Indeed!

Glad things are going so well as we approach the Big Turnover. According to Doonesbury this morning, the US is building 14 military bases in Iraq. Like I said...glad things are going so well with Mr. Bush's War.

I hate this!

[shadu]

3. Still, it is good to see Iraqis staying loyal to their people

these men, too, are heroes

[Carl Brennan]

4. Blowback

[Mandate My Ass]

5. Who could've seen that coming?

:eyes: