.Battlefield commanders act as judge and jury in dealing with former insurgents who have attacked U.S. soldiers
"Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq--
Over 256 Iraqis have laid down their arms in the provincial capital of Tikrit. In Balad, over 500 former insurgents have pledged to stop attacks against the coaltion.
In order to reconcile, former insurgents who are suspected of attacks against Iraqis must turn themselves in to the Iraqi judicial system. However if insurgents admit to only attacking U.S. soldiers they are "forgiven" according to battlefield commanders in Salah Ad Din province.
Lt. Col. Robert McCarthy of the 1st/32nd Calvary out of Patrol Base Paliwoda, where the province's reconciliations started, said if former insurgents have committed Iraqi crimes they will get a court date.
“If they were only on our list, they walked out the door,” McCarthy said. “It’s similar to Anbar province, but here they’re not getting paid (to reconcile) simply because we can’t grow the Sons of Iraq program any more than we have.”"
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Over 256 Iraqis have laid down their arms in the provincial capital of Tikrit. In Balad, over 500 former insurgents have pledged to stop attacks against the coaltion.
In order to reconcile, former insurgents who are suspected of attacks against Iraqis must turn themselves in to the Iraqi judicial system. However if insurgents admit to only attacking U.S. soldiers they are "forgiven" according to battlefield commanders in Salah Ad Din province.
Lt. Col. Robert McCarthy of the 1st/32nd Calvary out of Patrol Base Paliwoda, where the province's reconciliations started, said if former insurgents have committed Iraqi crimes they will get a court date.
“If they were only on our list, they walked out the door,” McCarthy said. “It’s similar to Anbar province, but here they’re not getting paid (to reconcile) simply because we can’t grow the Sons of Iraq program any more than we have.”"
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