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| Iraq |
| Iraq Police Improving? (Or Mosques are Holy Places?) |
| 2006-10-23 |
| Another press release from CentCom which will probably not make it into your MSM Iraq news roundup. NPs SEIZE IEDs IN ALl KUR MOSQUE BAGHDAD – Iraqi National Police from 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, seized weapons and munitions when they searched the Al Kur Mosque and nearby houses Thursday in Mansour, a muhalla in western Baghdad. Upon entering the mosque, the policemen discovered a completed improvised-explosive device, an IED that was not yet complete, components for an armor piercing IED, three sets of body armor and an AK-47. The search expanded to houses around the mosque; when residents saw the NPs coming, they fled. The policemen discovered Iraqi Police uniform items, pictures of military activities, a pistol and loose 7.62mm ammunition in a house directly adjacent to the mosque. In another nearby house, they discovered a police scanner that was monitoring the NPs while they were searching the mosque. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #2 Another armory exposed. Such great surprise. did they level it ? |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-23 11:53 |
| #1 Again, for perspective...every Iraqi household is allowed 1 AK-47 for domestic security, these weapons take 7.62 mm ammo: the level of civil disorder in Iraq mandates this. Middle aged Iraqi women with bifocals will often carry such items to work at NGO's for their own safety. I automatically discount any news report about "finds" of such materiel. Because so many Iraqi hit squads and terrorist groups currently wear NP uniforms, it would only be sensible to flee them on sight. What would you do in such a case? OTOH, any mosque found with high explosives such as IED's should be razed to the ground. This is not being done, AFAIK. |
| Posted by: Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-23 11:10 |