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Indian police get jungle warfare training
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM
NEW DELHI, May 16 (UPI) -- India has asked its state governments to provide jungle warfare training to its police personnel to counter Maoist insurgents. -
DHS announces IPA grants
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Grants to aid cities in the event of terrorist attacks or natural disasters were announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. -
Record year against organized crime
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:12 PM
LONDON, May 16 (UPI) -- British officials say 2007-2008 was a record year in the war on drugs, according to an annual report by the Serious Organized Crime Agency.
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Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:16 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Sabaah newspaper said Friday in its editorial that observers of the political process in Iraq today cannot illustrate it or acknowledge its aims or intentions, which turns the process of analyzing it into something close to a guessing game. -
German industry targeted by Russian spies
Published: May 16, 2008 at 8:56 PM
By STEFAN NICOLA
UPI Germany Correspondent
BERLIN, May 16 (UPI) -- The German government has accused foreign intelligence services -- blaming mainly Russian agents -- of having spied on German companies. -
Feature: U.S. cites attacks despite truce
Published: May 16, 2008 at 2:34 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A new cease-fire has been declared between the Iraqi government and Shiite gunmen of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, but U.S. and Iraqi forces say their troops are still coming under attack in Sadr City. -
Dogs of War: Blackwater, Najaf -- Take Two
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:28 AM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- One aspect of private military and security contractors that is relatively ignored is their relationship with regular military forces. Such discussion, as there is, is generally limited to sound bites about the reported envy that soldiers have for allegedly better paid security contractors. -
Analysis: Indian agencies start blame game
Published: May 15, 2008 at 8:36 PM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 15 (UPI) -- India's intelligence and security agencies are indulging in a blame game over a recent foiled infiltration bid by militants on the Pakistani border, with one agency accusing the paramilitary forces guarding the border of lacking alertness. -
Iraq press roundup
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:20 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Mashriq newspaper had an editorial Thursday titled "Last lines for the chaotic months" that said although Iraq has been in a war for five years, the government in the last few weeks has been chaotically carrying out quick military operations and offensives in many cities and areas around the country.
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The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council's al-Adala newspaper had an editorial Friday with the title "Iraq is in the window of challenge."
The editorial said five years after changes that took place in Iraq, people must go back to the past for advice and experiment. It said Iraq challenges the past, the present and the future.
"The past carried miseries and wars and killings due to the policies that the regime adopted," it said.
Saddam Hussein's government was incapable of obtaining strong internal or foreign relationships, the paper said. It added Saddam used to treat his problems with the Arab or regional countries with destructive wars as in the case of Iran or Kuwait.
"Iran, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, countries that surround us, in addition to international countries, had a bad relationship with Saddam's government," the paper said.
The Shiite newspaper said invading Kuwait resulted in a bad reputation for Iraq and that because of it, there is no place for Iraq among international countries. It said the Saddam government's internal relationship with the people of Iraq was weak as many Iraqi bodies were buried in mass graves and prisons were filled with large numbers of people.
"Many facts led to Iraqis leaving their homes and homeland fearing the oppressor whose relatives were negatively affected by his criminality," it said.
The paper accused Saddam's government of demolishing the personality of the Iraqi people until Iraqis changed to have a dual and complicated psychology.
"A man had to kill his sons if they refused to participate in war," the paper said.
It said people didn't have a belief in war, but still had to take part in it and wives had to inform the intelligence about their husbands, brothers and sons if they opposed the government.
It said during Saddam's regime, thousands of Iraqis were displaced and exiled because of the oppression people had to endure.
Talking about the economic situation, Iraqis were responsible for paying the billions of dollars as the government was involved in many problems, it added.
"Iraq is one of the richest countries in oil, water and minerals, yet the regime spent the biggest share of the revenue to arm his army and built his intelligence," it said.
It also said more needed to be spent on reconstruction, oil fields developments and building enough houses, instead of manufacturing missiles.
"Today's Iraq is different than the past. … There are mistakes, people admit that, but the obstacles were more and the problems that many countries caused by sending thousands of terrorists, have set Iraq into a chaos for the last five years," it added.
The Shiite newspaper concluded that the Iraqi government was trying to impose its law, provide security and put arms in the hands of the government so innocent people can live a peaceful, good life.
UPI Correspondent
The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council's al-Adala newspaper had an editorial Friday with the title "Iraq is in the window of challenge."
The editorial said five years after changes that took place in Iraq, people must go back to the past for advice and experiment. It said Iraq challenges the past, the present and the future.
"The past carried miseries and wars and killings due to the policies that the regime adopted," it said.
Saddam Hussein's government was incapable of obtaining strong internal or foreign relationships, the paper said. It added Saddam used to treat his problems with the Arab or regional countries with destructive wars as in the case of Iran or Kuwait.
"Iran, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, countries that surround us, in addition to international countries, had a bad relationship with Saddam's government," the paper said.
The Shiite newspaper said invading Kuwait resulted in a bad reputation for Iraq and that because of it, there is no place for Iraq among international countries. It said the Saddam government's internal relationship with the people of Iraq was weak as many Iraqi bodies were buried in mass graves and prisons were filled with large numbers of people.
"Many facts led to Iraqis leaving their homes and homeland fearing the oppressor whose relatives were negatively affected by his criminality," it said.
The paper accused Saddam's government of demolishing the personality of the Iraqi people until Iraqis changed to have a dual and complicated psychology.
"A man had to kill his sons if they refused to participate in war," the paper said.
It said people didn't have a belief in war, but still had to take part in it and wives had to inform the intelligence about their husbands, brothers and sons if they opposed the government.
It said during Saddam's regime, thousands of Iraqis were displaced and exiled because of the oppression people had to endure.
Talking about the economic situation, Iraqis were responsible for paying the billions of dollars as the government was involved in many problems, it added.
"Iraq is one of the richest countries in oil, water and minerals, yet the regime spent the biggest share of the revenue to arm his army and built his intelligence," it said.
It also said more needed to be spent on reconstruction, oil fields developments and building enough houses, instead of manufacturing missiles.
"Today's Iraq is different than the past. … There are mistakes, people admit that, but the obstacles were more and the problems that many countries caused by sending thousands of terrorists, have set Iraq into a chaos for the last five years," it added.
The Shiite newspaper concluded that the Iraqi government was trying to impose its law, provide security and put arms in the hands of the government so innocent people can live a peaceful, good life.
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