Skeptical Iraqis Watch New Police in Gunfight (US using Saddams thugs)

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030709/wl_nm/iraq_gunfight_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi police traded fire with gunmen on Wednesday in a confusing battle that proved only one thing -- Iraqis don't trust Baghdad's new police force. snip

Iraqis are suspicious of the new Iraqi policemen because they worked under Saddam's toppled Baath Party, which ruled with an iron fist for decades. snip

After Iraqi police with AK-47 assault rifles and U.S. forces stormed the Baghdad house, they took away three men in handcuffs.

"These Iraqi police they came to the home and stole our money and they beat my sister. They said they were Saddam's men," one of the arrested men, Mohammad Moussa, told Reuters before he was whisked away by police. snip

"These police are with Saddam. The police are the ones that attacked the home," said an Iraqi man watching the gunfire. "In the old days of Saddam the police were rough and these are the same type of people."

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[pfitz59]

1. New police same as the old police.......

Reminds me of an old SNL routine. Ex-Police: "Help, its the police!"

[jeanmarc]

2. Meet the new boss....

...same as the old boss....