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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 05:42 AM
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Intimidation, Iraqi insurgent's sharpest weapon
http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?id=13626751

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Baquba (Iraq) Across Iraq's Sunni Muslim regions, insurgents accompany their deadly attacks on police stations with a campaign of intimidation aimed at getting officers to resign, or even join rebel ranks.

"We will not hesitate to kidnap you, to separate your stinking heads from your filthy bodies, as we have already done for many of you," said one tract addressed to policemen and handed out in the restive town of Baquba, north of Baghdad.


The document declared police officers to be "American guard dogs" and said they had thus become a "legitimate target of the Mujahedeen". Further north in Samarra, tracts threatening the police are also to be found in abundance, plastered on the walls of houses and shops. The tracts are signed by groups who give themselves names such as the "Brigades of Mussab Ibn Omayir" or the "Brigade of Horrors of the Secret Islamic Army."

"Everywhere we go, we feel extremely vulnerable," said Mahmud Mohammad, a Samarra police commander. The current police force in the city, which numbers about 1,000 but loses members in frequent attacks, took over from the previous one whose members had either deserted or defected to the rebel side.

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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 05:47 AM
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1.  "American guard dogs"


Why the Fuck haven't these guys with the dogs been prosecuted ???

I'd sure not want to be a Quisling or a collaborator in this country. They will all be killed some day by the Resistance.

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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 10:14 AM
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2. So, we're losing the dick-waving contest in Iraq too? nt
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