Iraq’s CID director: Stronger security a relief to residents

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Iraq’s CID director: Stronger security a relief to residents
By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Monday, February 4, 2008

BAGHDAD — Iraqi police are in far better shape now than two years ago, and corruption within the force is declining, according to the general director of Iraq’s Criminal Investigation Department.

Maj. Gen. Dhaya Hussein Al-Kanany credits the U.S. Army for establishing Iraq’s CID and making raids more effective. His department conducts counterterrorism operations and includes special task forces to investigate assassinations, abductions, financial crime, organized crime and illegal smuggling.

Maj. Pete Reyman, the 18th Military Police Brigade’s officer in charge of police transition teams working with Iraq’s CID, said the coalition provided methods and advice, but it’s the Iraqis who are making it work. They’ve also gotten better at documenting evidence to prevent cases from being tossed out on legal technicalities.

“He has a very robust system in place,” Reyman said of Al-Kanany. “The systems approach is working in this case. A lot of that is by virtue of his leadership. We provided the tools, and he’s using those tools very effectively.”

Al-Kanany said Iraq’s sectarian violence often created divisions within his own department, but that’s changed and the factions have become more unified.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52188

[FormerDittoHead]

1. Kill a million people, spend a trillion dollars, you can really get something done! n/t

[thunder rising]

2. Muqtada al-Sadr will decide if the system works or not