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April 25, 2007

Iraqi Police Show Incredible Patriotism

Call me naïve or ignorant, but I can't help but admire those brave Iraqis who continue to sign up to serve as police officers despite the frequent suicide bombings, armed attacks, hatred and distrust by their own people, distrust by the Americans, horrible working conditions, and sectarian political landmines thrown in their way. In Baghdad alone, 67 of them have been killed and 376 wounded in the past six months and in the past two years, 8,123 Iraqi soldiers and police have died and 18,236 others been wounded. Yet they keep signing up to serve in the ranks. You've got to really love and believe in your country to put yourself at risk like that. Am I misreading this situation, or are these men as amazing as they appear to me to be?

Posted by Becky at April 25, 2007 09:24 AM