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FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq, April 11, 2008 – A police-led operation in Numaniyah, Iraq, sent a message to criminals in the city: Iraqi security forces are in control. A military policeman with the 511th Military Police Company from Fort Drum, N.Y., watches as an Iraqi policeman searches a citizen during Operation Crystal Springs, April 7, 2008. Iraqi security forces and coalition forces conducted checkpoint operations in Numaniyah, Iraq, and met with local government officials and sheikhs. Photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Stacy Niles, 214th Fires Brigade  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. More than 300 Iraqi police...

NUMANIYAH, Iraq – The Iraqi National Police graduated approximately 1,830 recruits from various training courses at Numaniyah National Training Center, Jan. 21. The Iraqi National Police host graduation ceremonies for basic recruit training and specialized training at the site. These graduating classes are unique because the class composition ranged from Sunni, Shi’a, Kurdish, Turkman, and Christian recruits.  The ceremony was attended by U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, Multi-National Force – Iraq commanding general and Jawad al Bolani, Iraqi Minister of Interior.“We must prohibit partisanship and sectarianism in the ranks of the ministry to gain the public trust,” said Bolani....

Southeast Iraq, Apr 03, 2003 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Iraqi fighters charged with defending the town of Numaniyah, southeast of Baghdad, opted to surrender to U.S. troops and abandon their weaponry, U.S. military officials said. The Iraqi militias not only failed to put up a fight, they also decided not to set up the weapons with which they had been provided, the officials said, displaying several brand-new mortars that had not been calibrated. The Marine's 1st Expeditionary Force moving to cross the Tigris River and provide logistic support needed to completely encircle Baghdad found that the militias entrusted with the...

Marines Find Signs of Hasty Iraqi Retreat By RAVI NESSMAN .c The Associated Press NUMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) - Marines rolling into this river town on the road to Baghdad Wednesday found the side of the road littered with abandoned Iraqi military uniforms. Marines saw a man tear off his Iraqi army uniform and don a brown robe. They quickly arrested him. It was thought that an Iraqi company was defending the town and another company was defending its bridge over the Tigris River. But Marines met little resistance. Everywhere, there were signs that Iraqi forces had fled in a hurry....