Friday, March 17, 2006
Iraqi RhetIraq: Governor of Mosul
Who: Mohammed Kashmoula, Governor of Mosul
Source: Azzaman
Quotes: From article titled, "Governor permits Mosul residents to carry arms as security worsens"
Governor Mohammed Kashmoula urged the inhabitants to apply for gun licenses “to defend themselves.” The move comes as the city, the country’s second largest, has plunged into a vicious circle of violence with a surge in abductions and violent crime incidence.
Mosul, the capital of the Province of Nineveh, was the first city in Iraq to elect a council and for a short time was seen as a major success story of post-Saddam era. But conditions worsened when armed groups began moving operations there. The city is now believed to be a bastion for anti-U.S. resistance with certain quarters completely outside government control.
Many of the inhabitants have fled and the Iraqi security forces there are too weak to combat rising crime and deal with the resistance.
Source: Azzaman
Quotes: From article titled, "Governor permits Mosul residents to carry arms as security worsens"
Governor Mohammed Kashmoula urged the inhabitants to apply for gun licenses “to defend themselves.” The move comes as the city, the country’s second largest, has plunged into a vicious circle of violence with a surge in abductions and violent crime incidence.
Mosul, the capital of the Province of Nineveh, was the first city in Iraq to elect a council and for a short time was seen as a major success story of post-Saddam era. But conditions worsened when armed groups began moving operations there. The city is now believed to be a bastion for anti-U.S. resistance with certain quarters completely outside government control.
Many of the inhabitants have fled and the Iraqi security forces there are too weak to combat rising crime and deal with the resistance.
