Baghdad's Security Forces to Be Revamped

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - In a bid to curb sectarian violence, Iraq's government plans to restructure the capital's security forces by putting all police officers and paramilitary soldiers under one commander, an official said Thursday.

Iraqis in the new National Police force also would wear a newly designed uniform and drive similar patrol cars, said Col. Ali Rashid, a police supervisor at the Ministry of Interior. He said the reorganization would begin soon.

Currently, Baghdad is filled with tens of thousands of police officers, soldiers and paramilitary troops whose identities and allegiances often are not known.

In addition to widespread attacks by Sunni Arab-led insurgents, Baghdad is rife with Shiite militias and death squads that carry out sectarian reprisal killings, often dumping the bodies of their tortured victims on city streets.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060511/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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