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3 unusual facts about Iraqi Police


10 June 2013 Iraq attacks

After the evening attacks, Iraqi Police units announced a curfew was in effect for the whole Mosul area.

Iraqi Police

Later in the program, the duties began to be filled by USAF Security Forces members.

The abbreviation "IP" is used to refer to Iraqi Police, while the initialism "ISF" is usually used to refer to the broader "Iraqi Security Forces".


9th Parachute Assault Regiment

In Iraq, Operation Antica Babilonia (Italian contingent of Multinational force 2003 - 2006) includes a section of special forces operatives, from the 9th, the Carabinieri's GIS and the Navy's COMSUBIN, mostly deployed for patrol missions, training local police and Army, and to arrest suspects of terrorism.


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Imam Ali Mosque

August 5, 2004, Muqtada al-Sadr and the Mahdi Army seized the mosque and used it as a military base for launching attacks against the Iraqi police, the provincial government and coalition forces.