With al-Qaeda's infiltration policies worldwide, terrorists could actually be police, or military, or security.
Bruce http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=567501 Insurgents Posing as Police Kill Baghdad Officer Mar 10, 2005 - By Elizabeth Piper BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents posing as policemen killed a Baghdad police chief on Thursday, stopping his truck at a fake checkpoint, asking his name then shooting him in an attack claimed by al Qaeda's followers in Iraq. Ahmed Obeis, who was traveling to work at Salhiya police station in central Baghdad, was shot dead along with two other policemen while one guerrilla filmed the attack. The U.S.-backed interim government has set up a new police force, army and security service, often trained by foreign instructors, to instil a sense of order in Iraq. But many say for a payment, insurgents can easily penetrate their ranks. "On March 10 an al Qaeda team set up a checkpoint in the I'lam (Media) district and lay in wait for an officer in the Interior Ministry intelligence branch who used to investigate and harm mujahideen," al Qaeda in Iraq said in a statement on an Islamist Web site. "When he pulled out his identity papers the mujahideen riddled him with bullets killing him." Obeis's brother, at the scene after the attack, cried "God what have you done?" as he picked up a bloodied shoe. Mainly Sunni insurgents have kept up a campaign of suicide attacks, car bombings and execution-style killings, denting Iraqi and U.S. officials' hopes that Iraq's landmark Jan. 30 elections would help stabilize the country. More than 40 bodies, shot or beheaded, were found in the Sunni heartlands this week. PAY MONEY, GET A POLICE BADGE Guerrillas fighting to overthrow the U.S.-backed government in Iraq have often impersonated police to carry out attacks. On Wednesday, insurgents dressed as police detonated a suicide truck bomb outside a Baghdad hotel used by foreign contractors, killing at least two people and wounding at least 40, including 30 Americans. "It is just a matter of paying money and anyone can infiltrate the police force," a police official told Reuters. The insurgents' ranks have been boosted by frustration at the U.S. occupation, a growing number of shootings of Iraqi civilians by troops and foreign contractors, and by abuse of prisoners in U.S.-manned jails. An aide to Planning Minister Mehdi al-Hafedh said on Thursday that foreign security guards, not assassins, opened fire on him in Baghdad on Wednesday. Hafedh, a key figure in efforts to rebuild the country, escaped injury as he was driving to the house of former foreign minister Adnan Pachachi, but two of his guards were killed and one was wounded. Probe: Leaders Didn't Order Prison Abuse Clinton Set to Undergo Surgery in N.Y. Secret FBI Report Questions Al Qaeda Capabilities Police initially said the shooting had been an attempt to assassinate the minister. They later said it appeared to have been a mistake by foreign security guards. "I don't know why they attacked. An investigation is just starting," a Planning Ministry official said. Residents said the foreign guards worked for a Western company in Mansour, a once affluent area of the capital. There are about 20,000 foreign private guards in Iraq, earning large salaries protecting foreign companies, Iraqi facilities and media organizations. Calls are growing to regulate their presence as more civilians are killed in error, matching demands for U.S. troops to make clear the rules of engagement at checkpoints after dozens of Iraqis and foreigners have been shot at. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told Rome's Senate on Wednesday that America had to take responsibility for the killing of secret agent Nicola Calipari, who was shot by U.S. troops at a checkpoint. He had helped free journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who had been taken hostage in Iraq. She was wounded. The U.S. military said it had not been informed that Calipari was heading to the airport and his car ignored signals to slow down as it approached a checkpoint. Italy disputes that account. Copyright 2005 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. 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