Iraq police leaders come to Mo. for training

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Iraq police leaders come to Mo. for training
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Nov 1, 2008 14:56:01 EDT

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. — Top leaders of Iraq’s police forces are in southern Missouri, working with U.S. Army trainers in a bid to increase professionalism by Iraqi officers and give Americans a deeper understanding of Mideast cultural issues.

The Fort Leonard Wood Army post routinely has foreign military personnel coming for specialized training, often in the Captains Career Courses for the engineer, military police and chemical corps programs.

But the visit now under way by the Iraqi deputy minister of police affairs and the three-star general who leads the Iraqi National Police is something new.

Officials at Fort Leonard Wood hope bringing senior Iraqi leaders to study and train with American military police will help improve the professionalism of the Iraqi police and help Americans understand Middle Eastern cultural issues in police work.

“We’re bringing in two senior Iraqi leaders who I have built a personal relationship with over the years that I’ve been over there,” Brigadier Gen. David Phillips said.


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