| Four Iraqis suspected of killing a pair of American officials and their translator appear to be active police officers working with a Saddam Hussein loyalist, a top U.S. military official said Friday, raising concerns that insurgents are infiltrating Iraqi security forces being trained by U.S. forces.
... Coalition spokesman Dan Senor called the policemen's role in the attack "an exception" and defended what he called a "robust" process of vetting police recruits to try to uncover criminal pasts or links to Saddam's regime. "But it is not perfect," he said. "Individuals slip through the cracks. We act to identify it and remove them immediately." ...Recruits are vetted, but records for criminal activity or past links to Saddam's regime are scattered and difficult to track down. |
Then, what does "vetted" mean?
I don't think this is a new concern. And I don't think the processing is as "robust" as Mr. Senor would have us believe.
Instant replay:
January 2003
Any candidate who was not underage, did not have a fake ID and would sign a form disavowing any ties to the Baath Party passed the test. article
| Meanwhile, the military announced Friday that two U.S. soldiers were killed and a third wounded when their Humvee struck a roadside bomb northeast of Habbiniyah in the Sunni Triangle, heartland of the anti-U.S. insurgency.
The latest deaths bring to 556 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the United States launched the Iraq war in March. Most have died since President Bush declared an end to active combat May 1. |
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