God I love these articles. This was part of Operation Swarmer in which 1500 U.S. AND Iraqi soldiers did a raid on this area.....guess they forgot to mention the Iraqi soldiers and the fact that they picked up 48 insurgents AFTER a firefight. Did they also mention the WE flew in the reporters on the raid?

Now in an insurgent area, the police that side with the Iraqi government usually are found dead. The police left are either corrupt or self appointed...in this case, corrupt apparently since they were recognized authority by the Iraqi gov.

I don't know about you but if I had it in mind to have a shoot out with the army....I'd send the wife and kids off to her mothers house.

Have a good one!:thumbsup: