Iraqi
policemen from a special investigative unit search and apprehend Iraqi
fedayeen fighters, September 28, 2003, at a house in a rural area north of
Baghdad. A total of 11 fedayeen were captured in two nearby locations. Police
claim this man is the "most dangerous" of the group of 11. US Army
Military Police vehicles accompanied the Iraqi Police on the raid. At the end
of the two raids, the prisoners were handed over to the Americans. This point
unnerves and frustrates the fledgling Iraqi Police force. The chief Iraqi
Police officer who heads the investigative units says they use Iraqi
techniques to get information from the criminals and terrorists. Now,
criminals and terrorists know that in front of an Iraqi judge, if they claim
torture or unnecessary force was used during interrogations, they can often
be freed. Iraqis claim the American influence hampers traditional Iraqi
police methods.
