Iraqi Police Join Security Mission

DIWANIYAH — Operation Black Eagle moved into a new phase with the Iraqi Police joining the Iraqi Army and Coalition forces in security efforts here Sunday. Iraqi Police began manning key checkpoints throughout the city, adding security forces already in place.

“The Iraqi Police are now out in force helping to enforce the rule of law in Diwaniyah,” said U.S. Army Col. Michael Garrett, commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.

The Iraqi Army was asked by the government of Iraq to rid the town of militia members and other terrorist groups who had waged a campaign of murder and intimidation against the people of Diwaniyah and the security forces charged with protecting them.

(PHOTO: Spc. Raymond Watson, Troop A, Task Force, 1st Battalion, 14th Cavalry Regiment, goes through a bag of roadside bomb-making material found during a clearing operation in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Saturday. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Robert Yde, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs.)

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