Iraqi police lead Baghdad patrol
Increasingly, U.S. combat troops are becoming de-facto advisors to the fledgling Iraqi National Police force. An NBC News team was recently embedded with C Troop, 1-14 Cavalry as the troopers accompanied, usually in the rear, about 100 National Police officers on a house-to-house search for gunmen and weapons in the dangerous Dora neighborhood, south of Baghdad.
This was the first time Iraqi police actually led a mission from its inception. At a time when U.S. forces are accelerating efforts to hand over battle space to the Iraqis, Sgt. Charles Smith told NBC News that the operation went well, despite some communication problems.
VIDEO: As U.S. forces accelerate efforts to hand over power to the Iraqi National Police force, an NBC News team went on the first mission lead from start to finish by Iraqi forces.
No big weapons caches - or insurgents - were found on this day. But in another neighborhood, a similar joint operation turned up a large cache, and freed an Iraqi hostage, held by kidnappers.
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Not true. The Iraqi Minister of Interior National Police were created in 2004. They have led MANY, MANY missions since then.
Joe (Sent Dec 28, 2006 9:57:23 AM)
It seems as if the army's Civil Affairs branch is becoming more needed than its Infantry. Is this a transition to more of a peace-keeping role for our Baghdad soldiers?
If you want to understand more about the region, check out this history of religion - it shows how Islam evolved over the centuries and how it influences Iraq today:
http://www.mapsofwar.com/
Howard Zoin, Des Moines, Iowa (Sent Dec 28, 2006 9:59:38 AM)
This is WRONG, to hang Saddam is the worst thing, they could do, we will lose the other part of the story, we will lose his side of the story, the world and America deserves the other side of the story. Besides the Bush Admin. side.
Sue Ratliff Troy. Oh. 45373 (Sent Dec 28, 2006 7:35:01 PM)
It is wrong to hang Saddam, we need to know what he has to say, we have the right as Americans, I'm no follower of Saddam, I just feel that a lot is being hid from the world and from the American people, to think that this man is being hanged for something that happened over 20 years ago??, I don't remember Iraq asking us for a Democracy that they hate, especially since it is controlled by the Bush Admin.
Sue Troy, oh. (Sent Dec 28, 2006 7:40:45 PM)
are we about to see the last of the dreaded one or are we givivg over to the IRAGI police/law makers only to have him taken away by his flowers
ART TAYLOR JACKSONVILLE NC. (Sent Dec 28, 2006 9:49:24 PM)
Irak is on the verge of partition ,leaving this worst condition of Irakies to Iraki police is another nightmare for Irakies.
anirudha,maharashtra,India (Sent Dec 29, 2006 6:43:33 AM)
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