US TO SHIP ARMED IRAQIS TO EUROPE.

U.S. to Send Iraqis to Site in Hungary for Police Course (Dexter Filkins, New York Times, 8/24/03)

Eager to have more Iraqis take responsibility for their country's security, American officials here are planning to ferry as many as 28,000 Iraqis to Eastern Europe for an intensive police training course. . . .

The Iraqi police force has been given a largely warm reception by the Iraqi people, although it has been weakened by a lack of equipment, especially guns. In the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniya, for instance, only a fraction of the city's 2,500 police officers have guns. American marines overseeing the police have been forced to pair officers with guns with those who have none.

Mr. Kerik, acknowledging the equipment shortage, said that a shipment of 50,000 9-millimeter pistols would arrive shortly, and that 100,000 more would arrive next year.

28,000 thousand Iraqis armed with pistols v. Europe. Anyone willing to take Europe? Posted by David Cohen at August 24, 2003 10:51 PM