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Over 1,000 Iraqi Police Officers Resign in Fallujah

HeadlineAug 15, 2006

In other news from Iraq, the Los Angeles Times is reporting over one thousand police officers in Fallujah have left their jobs after receiving death threats. The mass resignation occurred after pamphlets were distributed in the city reading “We will kill all the policemen infidels whether or not they quit or are still in their jobs.” The size of Fallujah’s police force has shrunk from two thousand to just about one hundred.

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