12.1 |
Security Sector Reform
221.
On 3 June, a
conference was held in Washington chaired by
Mr Slocombe.170
It
was
attended by personnel from the MOD, the FCO, the IPU and DFID, led
by Brigadier
John Rose,
the Chief of Defence Staff’s Liaison Officer. At the conference,
Mr Slocombe
proposed a
new structure for the CPA’s Office of the Director of Security
Affairs.
222.
The “most
significant” change to previous plans was the addition of the post
of
Deputy
Director for SSR, which Mr Slocombe said would take on “the
co‑ordination
role”.171
The British
Embassy Washington commented that “this reflected a
general
willingness,
by Slocombe at least, to view the management of the sector in the
round”.
The UK
delegation told Mr Slocombe that the UK “would be keen to
provide someone”
for the SSR
role.
223.
The UK also
undertook to provide a Chief Constable to advise on police
support,
a one or
two‑star civilian deputy director to work on reform of the Iraqi
MOD (IMOD172),
a deputy
director for intelligence conversion and a one‑star deputy
commander of the
Coalition
Military Assistance173
and
Training Team (CMATT).174
The UK also
offered
assistance
with navy and air force reform.
224.
US Major
General Paul Eaton arrived in Iraq on 13 June to take control of
the
CPA’s
CMATT, which was to be responsible for developing and training the
NIA.175
225.
CMATT reported
to Mr Slocombe’s deputy, Lieutenant General Luis Feliu of
the
Spanish
Army.176
Maj Gen Eaton’s
Deputy Commander was from the UK – Brigadier
Jonathon
Riley. There were a further eight UK officers seconded to
CMATT.177
226.
CMATT was
initially given a budget of US$173m and directed to train
three
divisions
of light or motorised infantry by September 2006.178
It was also
directed to form
a small
aviation element and a coastal defence force.
227.
In early July,
responsibilities for SSR in the CPA were divided. Mr Kerik
took on
responsibility
for the MOI including policing, fire, customs, border control,
immigration,
170
Minutes, 4
June 2003, Chiefs of Staff meeting.
171
Telegram
780 Washington to FCO London, 3 June 2003, ‘Iraq: Roundtable with
Walt Slocombe,
CPA Director’.
172
The IMOD
was also referred to as the ‘Iraqi MOD’ or simply the ‘MOD’. The
Inquiry will use the term
‘IMOD’
unless quoting from a document which uses an
alternative.
173
‘Advisory’
is used instead of ‘Assistance’ in some papers.
174
Minutes, 4
June 2003, Chiefs of Staff meeting.
175
Bowen SW
Jr. Hard
Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience. U.S.
Government Printing
Office, 2009.
176
Wright
Dr DP & Reese Col TR. On Point
II: Transition to the New Campaign – The United States
Army
in Operation
IRAQI FREEDOM May 2003 – January 2005. Combined
Studies Institute Press, June 2008.
177
Paper MOD,
9 December 2009, ‘Iraq Security Sector Reform’.
178
Wright
Dr DP & Reese Col TR. On Point
II: Transition to the New Campaign – The United States
Army
in Operation
IRAQI FREEDOM May 2003 – January 2005. Combined
Studies Institute Press, June 2008.
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