The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
By 24
November, further pledges of police trainers had been made by
Finland (five),
Slovenia
(five), Austria (four) and Slovakia (two).278
By
mid‑2005, additional training staff were contributed by Jordan
(66), Sweden (10),
Singapore
(six), Hungary (three), Belgium (two), Australia (two) and Estonia
(one).279
314.
On 24 October,
Sir Jeremy Greenstock reported that General Ricardo
Sanchez,
Commander
of the Coalition’s military command – Combined Joint Taskforce 7
(CJTF‑7),
had ordered
a “comprehensive internal review of the security
sector”.280
Sir Jeremy
reported:
“The
up‑to‑date military assessment is that operations have now lost
momentum
… [and
that] … despite plans to accelerate the generation of Iraqi
Security
Forces,
progress may still be too slow … The emerging view of the military
is that
this
structure is stovepiped, lacks oversight and results in competing
roles and
responsibilities
within the security sector.”
315.
Sir Jeremy
also highlighted that General John Abizaid, Commander US
Central
Command
(CENTCOM), and Ambassador Bremer would attend discussions
in
Washington
covering SSR later in the week.
316.
On 27 October,
CJTF‑7 issued an Order entitled “Acceleration of the Iraqi
Police
Services”
which envisaged an enhanced support requirement from CJTF‑7 for
enlarged
and
accelerated police training programmes.281
317.
On 6 November,
the AHMGIR was briefed that the new approach included:
“•
accelerating
recruitment, training and deployment of Iraqi security forces.
The
Iraqi Civil
Defence Corps is now set to increase to 36 battalions by April
2004.
The target
for 70,000 police should be reached by August 2004 rather
than
March 2005.
As a result training of the Iraqi Army will be slowed, but the
Army
will now be
allowed to undertake internal as well as external security
tasks.
Once
trained, total Iraqi forces will number 200,000;
•
changing
tactics to put Iraqi forces in the front‑line with Coalition Forces
in
support;
and
•
recruiting
more expert members of the former regime’s security
forces.” 282
278
Minute, 24
November 2003, ‘Update on Iraqi Police Coordination for Donors and
Policy Guidance’.
279
Paper
Jordan International Police Training Center, [undated], ‘Welcome to
the Jordan International
Police
Training Center’.
280
Telegram
230 IraqRep to FCO London, 24 October 2003, ‘Iraq: Security
Update’.
281
Telegram
110 FCO London [on behalf of CPA Basra] to UKRep Iraq, 31 October
2003, ‘Police Training
in South
Iraq’.
282 Annotated
Agenda, 6 November 2003, Ad Hoc Group on Iraq Rehabilitation
meeting.
128