Iraqi Army Hands Pacified Fallujah Over To Police
Military.Com:
FALLUJAH — The last battalion of Iraqi soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, withdrew from the Anbar Province city of Fallujah, Sept. 1, leaving the city’s security and stability in the hands of the local police and government.
Brig. Gen. Ali al-Hashemi, the brigade’s commander, said the time had come when Iraqi Police alone could handle law enforcement in the city.
“I am very confident in the IPs keeping the city safe. Besides, it is their job to work to keep the city safe,” al-Hashemi said through an interpreter. “It’s not the IA’s job. The army should not be inside the city. The police should be in the city.”
The brigade has relocated to northern regions of Anbar to replace Marine units, take over combat outposts and operate patrol bases. They will now refocus outside of the city to protect the highways and countryside to prevent insurgents access to population centers like Fallujah.
“I think it’s important to understand the IA and IPs have a great relationship and it doesn’t matter whether they’re Shiite, Sunni or anything,” Thoele said. “I don’t see the sectarian strike here that you hear about in Baghdad, because here it doesn’t matter. It’s all Iraqis working together.”
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bullshit, this is just a publicity stunt for bush inc.
those people will soon start killing each other like they have for centuries
that’s just the way those people are…
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September 7th, 2007 at 4:54 amKarl (with a K) Rove must still be pulling the strings. We all know Bush is too stupid to time a publicity stunt this well on his own.
The Keith Olbermanns of the world might want to add this angle to their spin.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:31 amIt’s their country not ours. The Iraqis themselves need to police up their own shit. A key point in the article:
“Under al-Hashemi’s guidance, his soldiers routinely respond with, “I am Iraqi,” whenever asked by civilians whether they are Shiite or Sunni, Thoele said.”
If the Iraqis really believe that, then they might be OK.
September 7th, 2007 at 8:14 amIt’s worth a shot to see whether or not it’s more shit talking or a fact. In any event, it is time for all Iraqis to ante-up and take command of their own battle space.
Steve in NC…you gotta stop using and taking that Lib crack you smoking..itll make your ahir look like Edwards. What a dweeb!
September 7th, 2007 at 10:50 amSteve thank you for saving me a click to site I wouldn’t go to anyway.
It really says a lot that the Marines have been complimented they have been, even if it is an indirect compliment, by the commander of the Iraqi Army. Hey where are DePalma and Cuban to make a movie to show the American people what is really going on over there?
September 7th, 2007 at 11:17 am“sectarian strike”; would that have anything to do with strifing?
The sequence of MNF / IA / IP is the way it’s supposed to go. The fear is that rushing it opens the door for AQI etc. to return; but I think in this situation that’s very unlikely. They’d get stomped REAL fast.
September 9th, 2007 at 6:46 pm