12.1 |
Security Sector Reform
•
support to
develop a comprehensive Borders, Customs and Immigration
Policy
by 2005,
and for the deployment of a senior immigration representative
on
18 August;
•
support to
develop the Iraqi armed forces, to be defined by 6 August;
and
•
support for
intelligence reform and development, to be defined by 15
August.
284.
In the last
week of September, an official from UND estimated that UK spend
to
date on
policing Iraq was almost £127,000.250
Of that
amount, around £25,000 had
been spent
on pre‑deployment training; approximately £44,000 on equipment,
travel
and
subsistence; around £43,000 on travel and difficult post
allowances; and around
£15,000 on
officers’ salaries.
285.
An annex to
the UND paper described the cost of deploying an officer to Iraq,
by
rank,
as:
•
Constable:
£68,670;
•
Sergeant:
£71,670;
•
Inspector:
£79,670;
•
Chief
Inspector: £81,670;
•
Superintendent:
£86,670; and
•
Chief
Constable: £141,670.251
On 19
August 2003, a bomb exploded outside the UN headquarters at the
Canal Hotel,
Baghdad. It
killed 22 UN staff and visitors, including
Mr Sérgio
Vieira de Mello, the
UN Special
Representative in Iraq.252
A second
bomb attack on the UN followed on
22 September.
Sir John Sawers told the Inquiry that the attacks were
subsequently
attributed
to Al Qaida (AQ).253
Tension in
central Iraq increased after the UN bombing.254
By 29
August, the World
Bank and
International Monetary Fund (IMF) missions had been withdrawn, a
number of
NGOs were
withdrawing their international staff, and the UN had withdrawn
some staff
temporarily
while reviewing its options.255
250
Minute
Khundker to Chatterton Dickson, 25 September 2003, ‘Iraq Policing
Costs’.
251
The
following ranks were omitted: Chief Superintendent, Assistant Chief
Constable and Deputy
Chief Constable.
252
Report of
the Independent Panel on the Safety and Security of UN Personnel in
Iraq, 20 October 2003.
253
Public
hearing, 16 December 2009, page 36.
254
Brief
Cabinet Office, 20 August 2003, ‘Iraq: Update for Ministers, 21
August 2003’.
255
Minute
Sheinwald to Prime Minister, 29 August 2003, ‘Iraq’ attaching Note
Cabinet Office, ‘Iraq: Update
29 August
2003’.
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