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KIRKUK POLICE ACADEMY TRAINS FEMALES IN NORTHEASTERN IRAQ
August 18, 2008
KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Army 1st Armored Division issued the following news release:

Thirty-seven females attended the first day of a four-week course at the Kirkuk Police Academy outside of Kirkuk city, Iraq, Aug. 16.

It's been a year since the academy has seen any Iraqi females in blue and never a class of this size.

"We need these females badly," said Lt. Col. Muid, a cadre at the academy. "It is our religious custom n . . .

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