By Richard Tomkins
MUQDADIYAH -- With the seventh anniversary this week of the events in New York that catapulted America into war, images of the horror at Ground Zero are being replayed in the United States and other countries around the world.
In Iraq, as in Afghanistan, troop rolls are filled with young men and women who volunteered for military service because of al-Qaida's actions that day. Living and working among them is a 49-year-old retired New York City policeman Donald Young, who helps train Iraqi Police (IP) recruits.
"I was working street crime in midtown Manhattan," he said. "I was on my way to court when the planes hit and rushed to the scene. I was 100 meters away when the North Tower dropped. I lost good friends that day."
Young's temporary charges in Iraq are 166 new paramilitary policemen from villages around the market town of Muqdadiyah in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. None have prior police work experience and few have served in the Iraqi Army. Because of government priorities and capabilities, most will wait months before receiving formal training. Read more ...
MUQDADIYAH -- With the seventh anniversary this week of the events in New York that catapulted America into war, images of the horror at Ground Zero are being replayed in the United States and other countries around the world.
In Iraq, as in Afghanistan, troop rolls are filled with young men and women who volunteered for military service because of al-Qaida's actions that day. Living and working among them is a 49-year-old retired New York City policeman Donald Young, who helps train Iraqi Police (IP) recruits.
"I was working street crime in midtown Manhattan," he said. "I was on my way to court when the planes hit and rushed to the scene. I was 100 meters away when the North Tower dropped. I lost good friends that day."
Young's temporary charges in Iraq are 166 new paramilitary policemen from villages around the market town of Muqdadiyah in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. None have prior police work experience and few have served in the Iraqi Army. Because of government priorities and capabilities, most will wait months before receiving formal training. Read more ...
Source: Middle East Times
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