Thursday, September 06, 2007
Iraq says won't disband police despite U.S. report | Reuters
Well thank God they actually have a brain in their heads:
Iraq's Interior Ministry said the report represented only one point of view and that while sectarianism was an issue it was being dealt with, and in any case was not widespread.
"We respect that point of view but we disagree with it," ministry spokesman Brigadier-General Abdul-Kareem Khalaf said.
"We admit there were some problems before due to sectarian loyalties but this involved just a few people. It was not widespread ... it does not reach the level of disbanding the police," Khalaf said.
"We have taken many steps to end these violations," he said.
Disbanding any police force, regardless of the level of corruption, would lead to widespread chaos and violence. With respect to General Jones, I don't think he thought this one through enough to see the long term consequences of a disbanding of the Iraqi police might have on the nation.
Travis
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