BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Thousands of Iraqi police officers have been killed or wounded over the past two years, the U.S. commander in charge of police training in Iraq said Friday.
Since September 2004, about 4,000 officers have been killed and 8,000 injured, said Maj. Gen. Joseph Paterson in a teleconference from Baghdad with Pentagon reporters. The police have "paid a great price," he said.
U.S. commanders are focused on reducing violence in Baghdad to the level where the Iraqi police can take over security. With the Iraqi capital secured, U.S. leaders say the Iraqi government can switch its focus to providing security and basic services to the rest of the country. That would set the conditions for U.S. troops to begin withdrawing....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/06/iraq.main/index.html------------------
Some more good news for Bush. The repukes were complaining that the Foley sex scandal was hogging all the news. Well here is a tibit for you. It is disgraceful that this admin is just blowing off Iraq civilian deaths. Also in Kirkuk vehicle traffic is being banned - near Marshal law.
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