Article: IRAQ: IRAQI POLICE LACK CONFIDENCE, SUPPLIES, AUTHORITY

Dahr Jamail
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-21-2004
BAGHDAD, Jun. 21, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- The authorisation was in
writing. Brigadier-General Amer Ali, the second most senior officer
of the Iraqi Police had given IPS permission to interview officers
inside the Asha'ab police station in Baghdad.
When I showed up at the police station, U.S. military police
officer Schneider controlling the checkpoint at the front gate
briefly glanced at the letter, then said: "The press is not allowed
inside, so you have to call the CPA (Coalition Provisional
Authority) for the information you need."
First Sergeant Smith, the public affairs officer for the
military at the Coalition Press Information ...

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