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tabatha

(18,795 posts)
Wed Apr 25, 2012, 10:39 AM Apr 2012

Libya's ex-Rebels Arrive in Jordan for Training

The first batch of 10,000 former Libyan rebels arrived on Wednesday in Jordan for training in order integrate into their country's interior ministry, the kingdom's security department said.

Under a deal signed between Amman and Tripoli in December, the former rebels who helped topple Moammar Gadhafi's regime last year will receive training at an international police center east of Amman, deputy police chief Major-General Mohammed Raqqad said in a statement.

"They will receive training in all fields related to police work to help them carry out their security duties in Libya," he said.

According to the agreement, an initial batch of 1,000 former rebels were scheduled to start their training from March 1, with the following batches comprising 2,000 former fighters each.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/38073-libya-s-ex-rebels-arrive-in-jordan-for-training

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leveymg

(36,418 posts)
1. Graduation requirements: Mass arrests 101, Torture 205, Advanced Waterboarding 324.
Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:26 PM
Apr 2012

The fruits of Humanitarian Intervention:



leveymg

(36,418 posts)
3. If it's anything like School of the Americas (SOA), here it is:
Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:12 PM
Apr 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_and_CIA_interrogation_manuals
School of Americas Training Manual titles[1]
Spanish Titles No. of Pages English Titles
Manejo de Fuente 174 Handling of Sources
Contrainteligencia 310 Counterintelligence
Guerra Revolucionaria e Ideologia Comunista 128 Revolutionary War and Communist Ideology
Terrorismo y Guerrilla Urbana 175 Terrorism and the Urban Guerrilla
Interrogacion 150 Interrogation
Inteligencia de Combate 172 Combat Intelligence
* Analisis I 90 * Analysis I
Total Pages: 1169


Yes, yes, I'm aware that SOA has been renamed, and everything is now bright and shiny clean.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
4. Here are some observations of someone who actually taught at Amman's Int'l Police Center:
Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:21 PM
Apr 2012

Don't count your chickens, just yet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/opinion/19iht-edsmith.3.13017839.html

The congressional investigators and journalists I saw were steered clear of any training that was substandard as well-rehearsed students put on demonstrations of police skills designed to impress laymen.

Staff members are ordered not to talk to the press or visiting dignitaries. Students only speak to the press in the presence of their minders.

I can only write these words because I resigned over what I saw as a failed program. Other staff members are kept silent by large paychecks and a promise that they will never work for the State Department again if they speak out.

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