Baghdad policeman: Who are they to tell us we are corrupt

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Yes, Iraqi police are corrupt and yes, they are sectarian, but they are also badly paid, poorly trained and lay their lives on the line daily, says Baghdad policeman Mohammed Rahim.

"And who are the Americans to tell us that our police force should be disbanded?" asked Rahim, responding angrily Friday to a report of a commission headed by Marine General James Jones, the former top US commander in Europe.

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Rahim, father of four children, acknowledged that many police are unable to hide their loyalties to their particular sects and often act accordingly. He also concedes that some Iraqi police are corrupt -- "er, yes, there are a few" -- but says that this is true of police around the world.

"Police are not the only ones who are corrupt in Iraq," Rahim added defensively, standing guard with his AK-47 rifle outside a government building in an inner Baghdad suburb in his blue shirt, grey trousers and brown shoes.

"What has happened to the billions of dollars which the Americans have pumped into the country for reconstruction? Where has it all gone? There is very little reconstruction going on."

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Where DID the money we sent for reconstruction go???

which is exactly what we expect of these folks...P0LICE FORCES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FROM THE COMMUNITY..not national??? WTF are they thinking?

They and their al-Qaeda pals will kill this guy deader than dogshit, and very damned soon.

As he is an Iraqi, which means not a human being to most Bushies, Nazis, and to be honest, Imperial Subjects of Amerika, either.

Which means the Bushies don't have to make the assassination pretty, like they did for Pat Tillman. No potentially honest invetsigators to deceive, not when a bribe or two from one Loyal Bushie or another will take care of it.

Rahim is a dead man, the Bushies and their al-Qaeda pals will make it so. And because of who he is and where he is...no one outside the poor bastards family will ever even know just how fast it took for him to get killed from the time when he dared open his mouth against Amerikan Fuhrer.