US Forces Battle Iraqi Government Forces In Iraq

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-07-11-karbala-report_N.htm

By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY

A previously undisclosed Army investigation into an audacious January attack in Karbala that killed five U.S. soldiers concludes that Iraqi police working alongside American troops colluded with insurgents.

The assault on the night of Jan. 20 stunned U.S. officials with its planning and sophistication. A column of SUVs filled with gunmen who posed as an American security team passed through Iraqi police checkpoints at a provincial headquarters in the Shiite holy city.


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Within a few minutes, the attackers killed one American, wounded three and abducted four. The captives were later found shot to death; the gunmen escaped.

"(The American) defense hinged on a level of trust that … early warning and defense would be provided by the Karbala Iraqi police. This trust was violated," the report dated Feb. 27 says.


The information is contained in an investigative file made available to USA TODAY and authenticated by the Army.



http://fe31.news.mud.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/wl_nm/iraq_usa_police_dc_1;_ylt=AnneajrYPahmB52a6qzW4MJX6GMA

U.S. forces kill 6 Iraqi police in Baghdad raid: U.S.

Fri Jul 13, 4:46 AM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed at least six Iraqi policemen and seven suspected militants during a dawn raid in east Baghdad on Friday to arrest an Iraqi police lieutenant accused of militant links, the U.S. military said.

A U.S. war plane made an air strike during the fighting after U.S. soldiers were attacked with "heavy and accurate" gunfire from an Iraqi police checkpoint, rooftops and a nearby church, the military said in a statement.

The police lieutenant was detained in the raid. The U.S. said he was suspected of planning roadside bomb and mortar attacks on U.S. forces, and of close ties with Iranians accused by Washington of fomenting violence in Iraq.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have launched a major clampdown in Baghdad to try to thwart sectarian violence between minority Sunni and majority Shiite Arabs.

U.S. forces kill 6 Iraqi police in Baghdad raid: U.S.

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1. Got the Iran comment in there didn't they. n/t -Rec'd

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2. I get the feeling the Iraqis are trying to tell us something n/t