I had beers w/ a close friend who works for one of those three letter agencies actively involved in the proverbial sand box. I was taken back when he had mentioned the AK-47 being the standard weapon being used by Iraqi police (actually, a lot of them carry a modified folding stock version).
The AK-47 is a crude weapon, its meant to kill and nothing less (your not taking it to the range to test your marksmanship). Its cheap - try 5/1 when comparing costs of an Ak to a AR15.
The other concern is the loyalty of the the police force - do we really want to be handing over surperior firepower to a force that has had many issues w/ loyalty to date?
I would not be surprised to find at a later date more sophisticated units carrying modified m-4's and variants there of - but for now, I think as does my associate, its a matter of cost and loyalty.
