Corrupt Afghan police who fired at US marines sent for training

Описание: (13 Jul 2009) SHOTLIST
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July 7, 2009
1. Wide US Marines entering Aynak village with Afghan National Army forces
2. Wide members of Afghan National Army forces talking with officers from Afghan National Police from Aynak who have been accused by local Afghans of theft and abuse
3. Uniformed and plain clothed Afghan police officers from Aynak walking with Afghan National Army forces
4. Mid of Afghan police officers, both uniformed and plain clothed
5. Pan from US Marines to Afghan police officers
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Captain Drew Schoenmaker, US Marines:
"As I met the police force for the first time, there was an air of tension between us. We had received shots from their vicinity that day, not effective fire. but they were surprised to see me as I was surprised to see them. We had an initial meeting, we discussed what they had been doing inside the area. They had police vehicles, police weapons, some were in uniform, some were not."
7. Tilt down of Afghan police officer
8. US Marines leaving Aynak village after meeting with the Afghan National Police
9. Aynak Afghan police driving away
10. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Ghulam Mohammad, Aynak village resident:
"We can't complain to the police. They are taking money and abusing us. An they interfere in private matters of the people."
July 10, 2009
11. Local Afghan teenager looking at US Marines coming back to Aynak to take over Afghan National Police posts
12. US Marines approaching ANP post
13. US Captain Drew Schoenmaker approaching Aynak ANP post UPSOUND (English) Schoenmaker: "It appears all three compounds are still occupied, I don't know why they are still occupied. If they can get the colonel to make these phone calls to find out what happened, over."
14. Aynak Afghan police officer in civilian clothes at guarding post
15. Schoenmaker talking to a plain clothed Afghan police officer asking him who he reports to, pan to officer
16. Tilt up from gun to face of Afghan police officer
17. Wide of US Marines in front Aynak Afghan police post
18. Aynak Afghan police officers arriving to post in police vehicle
July 11, 2009
19. Various shots of Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) and US Army mentor team arriving to replace Aynak Afghan police
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major James Contreras, US Army Police Mentor team:
"Quite honestly, the challenge is, when it is time for the ANCOP to leave, when the other police - the district police - that come back from their training, the population usually doesn't want to see the ANCOP leave because they think the same old cops are going to be coming back."
21. Various shots of Colonel Ghulam from ANCOP talking with US Marines and Afghan civilians from Aynak
22. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Colonel Ghulam, Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP):
"Nawa district hasn't been included in the training program yet. And the police of the district hasn't been trained. Now we are here to help these policemen, to let them go to get training. And perhaps they will become good policemen."
23. Various of ANCOP policemen
STORYLINE
Afghan villagers had complained to the US Marines for days: The police are the problem, not the Taliban. They steal from villagers and beat them. Days later, the Marines learned firsthand what the villagers meant.
As about 150 Marines and Afghan soldiers approached the police headquarters in the Helmand River town of Aynak, the police fired four gunshots at the combined force.
The meeting was tense. Some police were smoking pot.
to the north.

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