They are leaving the sectarian conflict to the Iraqi police and focusing on the insurgency.

NPR: Sectarian Killings Divide Integrated Baghdad Suburb

Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev told a televised cabinet meeting police had launched a major investigation.

NPR: Killing of Top Banker Rocks Official Moscow

"Insurgents used to kill anyone working in the police force, " says shopkeeper Yassir al Jumeili.

NPR: Long-Awaited Fallujah Rebuilding Shows Promise

In Anbar, for example, a western province, there is no police forces to speak of.

NPR: A Conversation with Iraq Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad

As workers shouted their grievances to journalists at the gate, police kept their distance.

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