Christians Sign Up To Join Iraqi Police
An Iraqi Police officer checks the identification of a potential recruit as they go through paperwork April 28. The IPs hope to recruit up to 700 Christians to join the force during a three-day recruiting drive in Tal Keaf. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Boyd.
MOSUL — Scores of Christian men lined up to join the Iraqi Police force during a recruiting drive in Tall Kayf, 15 km north of Mosul, April 28.
The goal of the three-day event was to recruit up to 700 Christians to join the police force to help protect their respective communities in Mosul.
“This recruiting drive will help bolster the economy through employment, in addition to bolstering the security effort,” said Col. Michael Bills, commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
(Multi-National Division – North PAO)
MNFI
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May 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 amwell alright! its time to make Christianity acceptable in that part of the world again anyways. much respect to Iraq for allowing this. I hope people see the true significance of this move.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 amThere were 2 major problems with Iraq;
1)creating a real military from the mess that was &
2) Nationalizing the country from a tribal system.
Things are going just fine…
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 am