“Iraqis Do Not Trust Their Own Police Forces”...

The New York Times Michael R. Gordon October 21, 2006 11:12 PM

...On Thursday, the American command acknowledged that the Baghdad security plan had yet to stem the escalating bloodshed in the city. A week spent with American units demonstrated a major reason: After spending billions on building up Iraqi forces, and making withdrawal contingent on that buildup, the Americans have discovered that many of the Iraqi security forces are still not ready to handle security on their own. Throughout much of the city many Iraqis do not trust their own police forces.

The American military operation to reduce the sectarian killings in Baghdad and avert a full-fledged civil war has focused on about a dozen neighborhoods where the bodies of tortured victims have been found in sewage-filled lots, civilians have been killed in drive-by shootings and sectarian-inspired kidnappings have soared.

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