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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police By CHELSEA J. CARTER,Associated Press Writer AP - Thursday, June 18 MOSUL, Iraq - A police investigation of two of their own in the killing of an American soldier and his interpreter is seen as a test of Mosul's police force _ the weakest link among Iraqi security forces about to take the lead in protecting the country's most violent city. ADVERTISEMENT This city of 1.6 million people has long distrusted its police _ particularly after thousands of officers fled their posts in November 2004, leaving the Americans and Kurdish fighters to fight Sunni insurgents who rose up here after being driven out of Fallujah. The two policemen _ an officer and a sergeant _ were arrested last week by U.S. and Iraqi forces and handed over to Iraqi custody, according to Col. Gary Volesky, commander of U.S. troops in the province that includes Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city. They allegedly fired on a U.S. patrol Feb. 24, killing Lt. William Emmert of Lincoln, Tenn., and his interpreter and wounding five others. The two policemen are believed to have fled Mosul after the attack, returning only a few weeks ago. Under the terms of a security agreement that took effect at the beginning of the year, it is up to Iraqi authorities to prosecute the policemen. The Americans want the Mosul police to conduct a thorough and professional investigation of the shooting, a disturbing inside job that reinforced fears of insurgents and sympathizers possibly infiltrating Iraq's security forces. During a recent meeting, a Mosul police commander told Volesky the two suspects had not appeared before a judge _ the first step toward prosecution _ because of doubts not only that they were the gunmen, but that they were policemen at all. Volesky wasn't buying it, saying the men's relatives had identified them. "Everybody will be looking at your ability to investigate this completely," Volesky said. "Let us know what you need from us to help you." Turning to another American officer, Volesky said: "We've got to continue to coach them all the way through." Questions about the professionalism of Mosul's police force are becoming more urgent because of the June 30 deadline for American combat troops to withdraw from Iraqi cities, moving to bases on the edge of town in case the Iraqis call for help. Under the security pact with the Iraqi government, all U.S. troops will leave the country by the end of 2011 _ including the roughly 50,000 who will be left behind after the combat troops withdraw next year. Although the U.S. military made enormous efforts to train and equip Iraq's army and paramilitary national police, it did not give the same attention to local police. "There hasn't been the luxury of time to focus on training the Iraqi police," Maj. John Cogbill, the executive officer of the Fort Hood, Texas-based 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry. Iraqi authorities are sending more army soldiers and national police to Mosul to help fill the void when the Americans pull back. But in the long term, U.S. and Iraqi officials believe local police must bear the primary responsibility for maintaining security. That won't be easy. Volesky said the city is short 5,300 officers of the 17,000 policemen it needs. "They are the least trained of the Iraqi security forces in Mosul," Volesky said. It was a point punctuated hours later when a U.S. convoy rolled through a police checkpoint, where policemen could be seen sitting in the shade rather than manning their sun-soaked posts. In another location, two police officers were text messaging rather than standing guard. The Iraqi army has little respect for the police. During a tour of a refurbished market about to reopen, Volesky urged an army officer to use the police to protect shoppers. "Maybe the police could guard the market," while the army provides security on the street, Volesky said. The officer shook his head. "No, no good," said the officer, who refused to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media. Privately, some Iraqi and U.S. officials believe it will take years before the police can operate effectively. "Without the Americans, this is not good," said one police officer, who refused to be identified because he was speaking against his commander's policy. "We do not have proper training, proper equipment. We do not have people." Another problem: Insurgents have frequently targeted Mosul police with shootings, bombings and grenade attacks. About 225 miles up the Tigris River from Baghdad, Mosul is one of the last bases for Sunni insurgents. In one heavily fortified police station, policemen wore masks to conceal their identities. In a nearby machine shop, Mizher Fatthy perspired over a generator in the stifling heat. Fatthy told Volesky he wanted to join the Iraqi army but that as a former officer in Saddam Hussein's army he was rejected. Volesky told him Mosul's provincial government was looking for former military officers to beef up the police. Fatthy shook his head no. "The Iraqi army is much better than the Iraqi police," he said. But he fears for his family's safety since policemen are high-priority targets. "It is not safe for my family. They might come and kill them, if I work as police," he said. 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