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...current Iraqi battalion commander in south Ghazaliya, Col. Jabar, has a much better reputation here than his predecessor. He comes from Basra, whereas his predecessor, Col. Sabah, grew up in a Shi'ite neighborhood adjacent to Ghazaliya. Both men are Shi'ites, but Jabar has no personal stake in Ghazaliya...
...They're not from the area," said Maj. Jim Orr, who heads the American team that advises Col. Jabar and his staff, "so they don't have any personal bias against the people or the community...
...Capt. Matthew Koehler, another U.S. advisor, put it, "Col. Jabar wants to meet the people and gain their trust. Col. Sabah just wants to kill terrorists...
...state's mental health care system, where jails are poor substitutes for failing and too few mental health care facilities. The Cho shootings will bring even closer scrutiny of the imminent danger language in the state's assisted treatment laws, according to Zdanowicz. And retired Virginia state police superintendent Col. W. Gerald Massengill, who will chair the commission named by Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine to investigate the shootings, has already said the state's mental health laws will be one focus of its investigation...
...Virginia State Police Col. Steve Flaherty, the agency superintendent, said that he was disappointed that NBC had decided to air parts of the video. NBC executives gave police the entire package that was sent to NBC studios on Monday by Cho - a rambling 23-page written statement, 28 video clips and 43 photos - but Flaherty says it contained little that the police did not already know. The portions broadcast Wednesday night on the NBC Evening News were so upsetting to relatives of some of the victims that they canceled plans to be interviewed on Today...