Topic: Iraqi Police Service

At least five Iraqi police officers were killed Tuesday morning when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in the town of Rutba, near the Jordanian border...
Gunmen attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint Sunday morning, leaving five people dead, authorities said.. . Two police officers and a member of the...

Sunni fighter and 3 sons killed

Iraqi police say a member of a government-allied Sunni militia along with three of his sons have been killed in a pre-dawn attack south of...

US police training lacks Iraq backing: watchdog

The US programme to train Iraqi police has yet to win Baghdad's support, with the minister in charge saying the training was unnecessary and questioning its benefits, a watchdog said on Monday.The US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR ...

Iraq civilian deaths in July match highest for 2011

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of civilians killed by violence in Iraq rose to 159 in July from 155 in June, matching January with the highest toll so far for 2011, according to health ministry figures released Monday.Violence has dropped sharply since ...
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Suicide bomber kills 14 police recruits in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing a vest filled with explosives attacked a crowd of Iraqi police recruits on Tuesday in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, killing at least 14, a provincial official said.Ahmed Abdul-Jabbar, deputy governor of ...
Iraqi police say 2 Christian brothers shot and killed in latest attack on religious minorityIraqi police say gunmen have shot and killed two Christian brothers in a northern city in the latest in a spate of attacks targeting the religious minority.Brothers ...
After Months of Relative Calm, 2 Deadly Blasts Rock Baghdad (International) The San Francisco Chronicle reports this article as straight news. In comparison, The Washington Post decided to report this story as a feature, so we learn most details about the story ...

Memoirs: War in Iraq

I want to talk about killing. My squad was position on the roof of an Iraqi police station, which intelligence had somehow found out was going to be attacked that night. My company was responsible for three sides of the building, with ...