The disbanding and the process of the rebuilding of the Iraqi armed forces from 2003 to 2014
The Iraqi armed forces were disintegrated during the operation of invading Iraq by the United States in 2003. The problem of this study is to discover and analyze the reasons and the objectives behind disbanding of the Iraqi Armed Forces in the aftermath of the Iraq-War 2003. It is essential to iden...
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://etd.uum.edu.my/10590/1/permission%20to%20deposit-grant%20the%20permission-s901281.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/10590/2/s901281_01.pdf |
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| Summary: | The Iraqi armed forces were disintegrated during the operation of invading Iraq by the United States in 2003. The problem of this study is to discover and analyze the reasons and the objectives behind disbanding of the Iraqi Armed Forces in the aftermath of the Iraq-War 2003. It is essential to identify the weak points and the political challenges that accompany the process of rebuilding of the new Iraqi Armed Forces which resulted out series of security crises in the country mainly the fall of Mosul, Tikrit, and Al-Anbar in June 2014. The objectives of this study are: to identify the reasons behind disbanding of the Iraqi Armed Forces in the post-Iraq war in 2003, to analyze the impacts of this disbanding on the security of Iraq, and to identify the political process of the rebuilding of the Iraqi Armed Forces. This study finds that the Iraqi Armed Forces had been disbanded not by any order, rather, the war itself was the reason behind that since the desertion of the soldiers and commanders from the battlefields. However, the United States, the new Iraqi rulers, and Iran played significant roles in the continuation of disbanding the Iraqi army in the aftermath of the war. The lack of effective armed forces has affected the security, politics and the state building in Iraq. Several armed groups played roles in the ethno-sectarian disputes which weakened the internal and external politics of Iraq. Applying the Civil-Military Relations theory on the process of rebuilding the armed forces, there are several challenges facing that process, mainly professionalism and corruption. This study employed both face-to-face and telephone interview techniques as the primary sources of data collection. The interviewees were divided into two main groups. The first group of interviewees included lecturers from Political Science, International Studies, and strategic Studies Faculties at University of Baghdad and Al-Mustansiriya University. The other group of interviewees included officers of Iraqi Military Intelligence, Iraqi Homeland Security Service, and the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service. The other primary sources of data collection are the CPA Resolutions, official statements, and publications of the Iraqi government. As for the secondary data, the sources came from theses, books, journal articles, and online and printed newspapers reports. |
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