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ariannationkurdistan -> what is wrong with the security forces (4/14/2006 6:29:27 PM)
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i want to talk about an incident which occured taday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq;_ylt=AlzDCAeOhBePYItr7Vbcr_5X6GMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
The attack, the deadliest against police here in months, began about 7:30 p.m. Thursday as a convoy of 109 police was traveling through a sparsely populated area near the Taji base heading back to Najaf, 100 miles to the south, Maadal said.
Police heard cries of "Allahu akbar," or God is great, and "long live jihad" broadcast by loudspeaker from a nearby mosque, Maadal said. Suddenly insurgents, including some women, opened fire and triggered a roadside bomb.
Maadal said 37 policemen returned to Najaf late Friday and about 20 more were en route. About 40 remained unaccounted for. At least nine policemen were killed and three of the 12 vehicles were heavily damaged, Johnson said.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/14341496.htm?source=rss&channel=cctimes_nation
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen ambushed a large police convoy in a rural area north of the capital on Thursday, killing at least 17 officers, according to a police lieutenant. Elsewhere, an attack on a Shiite shrine and the assassination of a Sunni Arab politician's brother threatened to further inflame sectarian tensions as Iraqi factions struggle to form a national government.
The brazen assault on a convoy of 50 to 60 police cars erupted outside the town of Taji, 12 miles north of Baghdad, said 1st Lt. Mouayiad Shukor, an officer with the police rapid reaction force in Najaf province.
Shukor said approximately 90 officers from four stations in Najaf had just picked up new cars in Taji and were traveling south to get new weapons and ammunition when they found the main road blocked by U.S. troops. The Americans told the Iraqis that they had discovered a bomb on the road and told them to take a detour through the countryside, following them part of the way before letting them go on alone, Shukor said.
A roadside bomb exploded, and attackers hidden in the orchards and farmhouses flanking the road opened fire on the convoy with Kalashnikov assault rifles and RPK machine guns. Over the course of a two-hour firefight, all the police cars were destroyed, Shukor said, and survivors fled to a nearby military base on foot and by hitching rides.
Shukor said that only five of the 22 men in his unit returned to Najaf alive. The governor of Najaf, Asad Sultan Abu Gulal, and the police chief for the area, Brig. Gen. Abbas Moadal, both confirmed that an attack had taken place, but neither official would say how many police were killed.
a convoy of 109 police officers was attacked by insurgents
what i do not understand is why does it look like that our security forces can be wiped out that easily
109 armed men re not an easy target but the impression i have from this articcle is that the men are lucky that they got back alive and is is unusual that they do not even have news about dozens of men who were with them ,
the reaction of the police does like that they simply fled without even resisting or supporting eachother
thre are only two options left
it was a huge insrgent force , overhelming the police easily but that is not a typical insurgent attack or that the police has no discipline and moral to fight the enemy
what is your opinion
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