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| Iraq wants UN police forces | |
| 2004-08-14 | |
IRAQ today said it wanted multinational police forces to operate under a United Nations banner to control the violent insurgency across the war-ravaged country. The Iraqi government would soon discuss such a proposal with the new UN special envoy to Iraq, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, who arrived yesterday in Baghdad, interior ministry spokesman Sabah Kadhim said. "The security situation in Iraq is such that there are a lot of vacuums across the country which breeds undesirable elements," he said. "To erase these vacuums what we need is more international police forces." Mr Kadhim said the forces should operate under the United Nations banner. "We are going to discuss this with the new UN envoy so that our police forces are boosted and better trained in handling the internal security situation," Mr Kadhim said. "It is not that the multinational military forces are doing a bad job, but the situation needs more policing and for that we would request international police forces in Iraq." He said the proposal was also part of Iraq's desire to involve the United Nations "actively" in the country's security issues.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 No way any UN member not already in the coalition is going to expose its policemen to the terrorists. Cops are even more exposed that soldiers, given that they are more lightly-armed, and are responsible for mingling with the population, whereas soldiers tend to hang back a little, and have bases to go back to. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-08-14 5:34:18 PM |
#4 especially if he can humiliate the UN while he's at it.A general statement re: the UN on any subject, Mrs. Davis! :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-08-14 5:24:38 PM |
| #3 Could this be a very clever move by Allawi to show Qazi he's a eUNuch? Allawi needs the help; if he gets it great. If not, every time the UN wants to butt it's nose into Iraqi affairs, Allawi says, "What about the cops?" I grow more impressed by his ability to skate on a daily basis. It will be interesting to see if he can win an election, something never far from the front of his mind, I'd bet. And that's all for the good, especially if he can humiliate the UN while he's at it. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-08-14 4:48:27 PM |
| #2 IRAQ today said it wanted multinational police forces to operate under a United Nations banner to control the violent insurgency across the war-ravaged country. Yeah, like that's going to work well. The UN can't even peacekeep capably and they want it to police a country? Now on the other hand, if a sex trade and/or other illicit operations need to be set up, then the UN is your organization.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-14 4:20:20 PM |
| #1 Could this be a very clever move by the Bush administration to suggest quietly to the Iraqi's that perhaps the UN would be willing to provide police forces? If it is it is a brilliant move which will expose the UN as utterly useless and at the same time rob skerry of one of his main arguments. It would be wonderful if this is another example of President Bush being misunderestimated. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-08-14 3:45:08 PM |