The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
The
operational phase of the mission began in July 2005 and was
initially mandated to
run until
2006. Between 2005 and the end of 2009 it was headed by Former ACC
Stephen
White, who
had served as the UK’s Senior Police Adviser in Basra in
2003.641
The
mission
comprised
around 40 staff and by June 2009 had spent €30m. Former ACC
White
described
the purpose of the mission as to:
“… focus …
on the most senior members of the Iraqi police, judiciary and
penitentiary
services …
[to] create a critical mass of credible, influential leaders who
are properly
equipped to
make plans and decisions relevant to their responsibilities … in
Iraq.”642
In 2009,
the mission began to scope the provision of training and advice in
Iraq and then
to
progressively shift its focus to in‑country work, opening
additional offices in Erbil and
Basra.643
By July
2010, the mission had trained, advised and mentored:
•
805 judges
(over 60 percent of the Iraqi judiciary);
•
1702 senior
police officers (around four percent of senior police officers);
and
•
903 prison
officers (nearly 80 percent of senior prisons staff).
703.
On 14 March
2005, Mr Quarrey asked the MOD for an update on
progress
against the
Petraeus Plan.644
Mr Naworynsky
replied on 17 March and reported that ISF
development
was:
“… largely
on track, meeting the demands of a well‑entrenched counter
insurgency
campaign
and the evolving expectation of the Iraqi leadership … From January
2006
the ISF
should be approaching full strength and the transfer of regional
control will
be under
way. Over the next six months of 2006, the generation of ISF units
should
be
complete, the Multi National Force (MNF) training and mentoring
commitment
is expected
to reduce, and in all but the most volatile provinces, Iraqi‑led
security
operations
should become the norm.
“Trained
and equipped MOI forces currently number almost 82,000 personnel,
but
this
includes a large number of absentees due to intimidation, injury,
and corruption,
varying
dramatically in proportion across the country … The largest
component
(135,000)
will be Iraqi Police Service (IPS), which remains an area for
improvement.
Conceived
for peace time constabulary duties, the rate of IPS
development
continues
to lag, as standards of equipment, personnel and training are
reviewed to
answer the
demands of the insurgency.”
641
Council of
the European Union Press Release, 30 June 2009, ‘Javier Solana, EU
High Representative
for the
CFSP, welcomes the extension of the EU Integrated Rule of Law
Mission for Iraq (EUJUST LEX)’;
enclosing
Factsheet, June 2009, ‘EU Rule of Law Mission for Iraq (EUJUST
LEX)’.
642
European
Security and Defence Policy, July 2007,
‘EUJUST LEX The European Union’s Integrated
Rule of Law
Mission for Iraq’.
643
EU JUSTLEX
Press Release, 22 July
2010, ‘EU JUST LEX – Iraq, more than 3,400 officials
trained’.
644
Letter
Naworynsky to Quarrey, 17 March 2005, ‘Petraeus Plan
Update’.
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