Iraq: Bedfordshire police are on their own

Iraqi police in Basra are continuing to engage in sectarian violence in the city, Britain's chief police adviser in Iraq has warned.

Bedfordshire Police assistant chief constable Mike Colbourne said that many officers owed their allegiance to the city's Shia militias and were involved in crimes ranging from kidnap to murder.

However, he insisted that the situation was improving and he promised that British forces would not withdraw until the Iraqis were ready to take on responsibility for security themselves. Link

db: A copper talking shite. You'd never have believed it.