Hearts and Minds Alert: How the US Motivates Iraqi Police

Just got this from a reader. There is no indication of the date of this episode (it was posted on 28 January), and the repeated references to "the Mahdi militia" indicate it may have occurred during the heightened tension over the movement of Moqtada al-Sadr in spring 2008. So the American training of Iraqi security forces has moved on from this episode.

Even so, this video is apparently making the rounds of English-speaking elites in the Gulf as an example of the continuing US engagement with the region.

(Warning: Very Graphic Language)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1GrdTakvl8&feature=related[/youtube]