Iraq balks as US seeks more policing by Sunnis »
Posted by: GrainOfSand 9 months, 3 weeks agoHABBANIYA, Iraq The US military's push to organize Sunni Arabs into local neighborhood watch groups has been one of its most important initiatives in Iraq, so much so that President George W Bush flew to Anbar Province in September to highlight growing alliances with Sunni tribal leaders.
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GrainOfSand9 months, 3 weeks ago
"But now that the United States is trying to institutionalize the arrangement by training the Sunnis to become police officers, the effort has been hampered by half-hearted support and occasionally outright resistance from a Shiite-dominated national government that is still inclined to see the Sunnis as a once and future threat.
"It was the US military that pressed to open the new Habbaniya Police Training Center, where Sunni tribesmen and former insurgents are to be trained to serve as police officers in Anbar. And it was the United States that provided the uniforms, food, new classrooms and equipment for the police recruits."
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