[Link to Full Article] (Photos included) By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, March 19, 2004
MOSUL, Iraq — Armed police burst into a house, subdue a gang of bandits and rescue the hostages.
The scene could be straight out of the U.S. television reality show “Cops,” but instead of American police officers, the lawmen getting their 15 minutes of fame are Iraqi police.
The show is “Heroes in Blue,” an Iraqi reality television program funded by the U.S. military as a way of informing Iraqis about the work of their own security forces. It is a collaboration between an Iraqi television producer and Lt. Col. Wayne Swan of the Mosul-based I Corps Task Force Olympia.
Each week, the pair reviews episodes and discusses ideas for future shows, which are broadcast through Iraq’s free satellite service on Channel 7.
Coalition, Iraqi cops team up for reality show
[Link to Full Article] (Photos included)
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, March 19, 2004
MOSUL, Iraq — Armed police burst into a house, subdue a gang of bandits and rescue the hostages.
The scene could be straight out of the U.S. television reality show “Cops,” but instead of American police officers, the lawmen getting their 15 minutes of fame are Iraqi police.
