posted by Joe Polk at 4:06 PM /
The Iraqi police officer was ambushed, U.S. federal agents say, because he was working with them and investigating his country's kidnappings, assassinations, insurgent attacks and police torture of prisoners.
Shot in the neck and chest, he escaped before his car exploded. The officer, known as "Little Ali," ran into a nearby home -- which fortunately belonged to a Sunni like him -- and called FBI Special Agent Robert Johnson, who was stationed in Iraq and leading the U.S.-Iraqi Major Crimes Task Force.
"Right then, the rule of law was really unstable," said Johnson, 46, of Mt. Lebanon, who now serves as the supervisor of the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Pittsburgh. "Crime was pretty rampant throughout Baghdad. We knew we were on the right path when we started getting targeted."
Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_588256.html
Shot in the neck and chest, he escaped before his car exploded. The officer, known as "Little Ali," ran into a nearby home -- which fortunately belonged to a Sunni like him -- and called FBI Special Agent Robert Johnson, who was stationed in Iraq and leading the U.S.-Iraqi Major Crimes Task Force.
"Right then, the rule of law was really unstable," said Johnson, 46, of Mt. Lebanon, who now serves as the supervisor of the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Pittsburgh. "Crime was pretty rampant throughout Baghdad. We knew we were on the right path when we started getting targeted."
Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_588256.html
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