Insurgents 'joining Iraqi police'

Insurgents 'joining Iraqi police'

Iraq's police force is recruiting insurgents and former criminals to its ranks, according to a report released by the US defence department.

It blames poor vetting procedures and recommends that the quality of records at Iraq's interior ministry be checked.

US-run training programmes, in which more than 60,000 Iraqi recruits have taken part, are only a qualified success, the Pentagon report says.

An earlier report found only 50% of battalions able to combat insurgents.

The formation of an effective police force is a key element of attempts to combat the insurgency in Iraq, in which hundreds of police officers and would-be recruits have been killed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4716531.stm

shouldn't they be free to vet and train whomever they wish?
Why does it have to be a "US" operation to do so?

If ever you wanted proof of who is master and who is vassal, that is it.