Iraqi Police "Fight Fire with Fire"

The Iraq security forces are attempting to turn the tables on the insurgents by airing videos; using the primary tool the insurgents use to export their terror. In these videos, you see captured terrorist confessing their crimes and naming their coconspirators.

Of course, this technique is now up for ridicule by many human rights organizations, where are they when the insurgents behead, assassinate, terrorize. Oh that's right the insurgents want listen so these groups simply don't communicate because like the insurgents they know "media coverage" is all that matters and only comment when their voice will be covered on television - once again showing that law-abiding citizens are hampered because of their law-abiding nature…

My opinion, do what it takes within the limits of actual international law, not feel good laws described by these organizations, to ensure the safety of your people and your country -- fight fire with fire.

In the first week after the elections, the Iraqi Interior Ministry and the Mosul police chief are turning the tables on the insurgency here in the north by using a tactic - videotaped messages - that the insurgents have used time and again as they have terrorized the region with kidnappings and executions.

But this time the videos, which are being broadcast on a local station, carry an altogether different message, juxtaposing images of the masked killers with the cowed men they become once captured.
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But officials in Mosul, short on manpower, apparently hope the psychological force of the broadcasts will help undermine the insurgency, making its fighters appear weak and encouraging citizens to call up with their reactions or information about those still at large. A program loosely based on "most wanted" crime shows in the United States is also being developed, a Mosul television official said.

"Because of their confessions and the disgusting things they did, we have reached our limit," said the Mosul police chief, Ahmed al-Jaburi. "There is no more patience."

If nothing more, the confessions, as they are called in the videos, offer a rare glimpse into how the gangs operate and plot their killings. The videos also try to divest the terrorists and criminals of their religious platform by challenging them with questions about Islam.

"These are men who do not fear God," an Interior Ministry official said at the beginning of one of the segments this week. He described the men as Iraqi and other Arab terrorists. "Our special forces will crush their filthy heads!"

"We are going to show you some men who have the blood of innocent people on their hands," the official said. "We are going to show you their confessions, say their names and those of their leaders, and we expect you to help us find them."
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Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch said such tactics raised the issue of whether the people were tortured or otherwise coerced into making the statements. [Read the article here]

Note to Teddy -- wouldn't you say the Iraqi are attempting to defend their own country; I know you have been concerned about that recently.