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Iraq investigates cross-border raids
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:26 PM
RAMADI, Iraq, May 9 (UPI) -- Iraq called on Damascus to examine the deaths in Anbar province of 13 police allegedly killed by foreign fighters entering the country from Syria. -
Iranian weapons causing Iraqi rift
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:25 PM
BAGHDAD, May 9 (UPI) -- The decision by the Iraqi government to launch an investigation into Iranian weapons in the country raises questions about political motives. -
Saudis solicit bid for Iraqi border fence
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:23 PM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 9 (UPI) -- Scholars in Saudi Arabia warned against extremist ideologies urging men to enter Iraq to join the insurgency while officials solicit bids for a border fence.
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Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:59 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The Kurdish Al Ahali newspaper Friday carried an editorial with the title "Between the official delegations to Iran and the statements from the government's spokesman," by Heval Zakhori. -
Dogs of War: Inherently governmental?
Published: May 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Amid all the polemics over the use of private military and security contractors by the U.S. government there are two words one rarely sees, but they lie at the very heart of the debate: "inherently governmental." -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:28 AM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The Sunni Al Mashriq newspaper said Thursday in an editorial titled "The killing of 15 women" that the problem any militia in the world faces is that no matter how politically professional, organized and ideologically mature they are, they still might be accepted by one country and rejected by another. -
Analysis: Border force seeks recognition
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 9 (UPI) -- An Indian police force that guards the Indo-Tibetan border wants the federal Interior Ministry to give it the same status as other paramilitary security forces. -
Atlantic Eye: Hardly a done deal
Published: May 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM
By MARC S. ELLENBOGEN
UPI International Columnist
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 8 (UPI) -- Most Europeans see the U.S. presidential election as a done deal. They are quite surprised. They were convinced that Sen. Hillary Clinton was the sure thing. Now, and they are confused, they are expecting the inevitable: Sen. John McCain as president. -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 7, 2008 at 3:29 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
Shebab Al Iraq newspaper Wednesday carried an editorial with the headline "Who is responsible for the atrocities in Sadr City?"
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U.S. using new strategy for Iraqi inmates
Published: March 13, 2008 at 11:47 PM
BAGHDAD, March 13 (UPI) -- A top U.S. military commander in charge of detainee affairs said a new approach for handling Iraqi prisoners is paying off with intelligence and reconciliation.
Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas Stone outlined several principles for handling detainees at U.S.-led facilities that have led to decreased violence from those released, more intelligence and better methods for vetting violent criminals, the American Forces Press Service said.
Stone said prison officials and U.S. personnel used a tactic of creating alliances with some of the more moderate prisoners to get an early release provided they demonstrate the willingness to shun violence.
Moderate prisoners would be separated from the more violent extremists entering the prison population in order to provide a foundation for the reconciliation process by taking each case into consideration on an individual basis.
"Then we begin to work with both sides of that population -- extremists and the more moderate -- to defeat any insurgency that was going on inside the theater detention facility," Stone said.
Stone also noted prisons began offering voluntary literacy and education programs and opened the facilities to allow 1,600 family visitations every week.
The number of detainees engaging in violent confrontations with other detainees and prison officials is down and slightly less than 9 percent of those detainees released are recaptured and incarcerated, Stone said.
Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas Stone outlined several principles for handling detainees at U.S.-led facilities that have led to decreased violence from those released, more intelligence and better methods for vetting violent criminals, the American Forces Press Service said.
Stone said prison officials and U.S. personnel used a tactic of creating alliances with some of the more moderate prisoners to get an early release provided they demonstrate the willingness to shun violence.
Moderate prisoners would be separated from the more violent extremists entering the prison population in order to provide a foundation for the reconciliation process by taking each case into consideration on an individual basis.
"Then we begin to work with both sides of that population -- extremists and the more moderate -- to defeat any insurgency that was going on inside the theater detention facility," Stone said.
Stone also noted prisons began offering voluntary literacy and education programs and opened the facilities to allow 1,600 family visitations every week.
The number of detainees engaging in violent confrontations with other detainees and prison officials is down and slightly less than 9 percent of those detainees released are recaptured and incarcerated, Stone said.
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