15.1 | Civilian personnel

• 26 percent civilian secondees from US federal agencies, including the

Department of Defense (DoD);

• 25 percent contractors and temporary US government employees hired to work

in the CPA; and

• 13 percent secondees from other Coalition countries.

909.  A comparison of the very different US and UK data suggests that the 120 UK

secondees in Baghdad in April 2004 (see Table 5) represented 14 percent of the CPA

total of 862 (excluding DoD military) recorded in the GAO report to Congress, and

75 percent of the non‑US Coalition contribution of 160.

910.  In November 2003, 104 staff from eight countries were working in CPA(South) in

Basra, of whom 48 (46 percent)596 were from the UK.597 The largest contributors after the

UK were Italy and Denmark. It is not clear how many were from the US.

911.  After the transfer of sovereignty in June 2004, the US established a Mission to Iraq,

consisting of the Embassy in Baghdad and four Regional Embassy Offices (REOs) in

Basra, Hillah, Kirkuk and Mosul.598

912.  In addition to its bilateral diplomatic role, the new US Embassy in Baghdad

included:

• a large executive secretariat to carry out the residual functions of the former

CPA, which quickly reduced in size;

• the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO); and

• the Project and Contracting Office (PCO).599

913.  In October 2005, the US announced the restructuring of part of the US Mission in

Iraq as PRTs (see Section 10.2).600

914.  By September 2006, nine PRTs and eight local governance satellite offices

had been established. Seven PRTs were US‑led, one (Basra) was UK‑led and one

Italian‑led.

915.  A South Korean‑led Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) for the Kurdistan region

was established in Erbil in February 2007, with two satellite offices.601

596  18 of 48 UK civilian posts in CPA(South) were filled by the military.

597  Letter Bowen to Owen, 14 November 2003, ‘Iraq: CPA (South) Staff’.

598  United States Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors Office of Inspector

General, August 2009, Review of the Roles, Staffing, and Effectiveness of Regional Embassy Offices

in Iraq.

599  United States Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors Office of Inspector

General, March 2005, Review of Staffing at US Embassy Baghdad.

600  US Department of State Archive, 19 October 2005, Iraq and US Policy: Secretary Condoleezza Rice,

Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington DC, October 19 2005.

601  US State Department Archive, 1 February 2007, Regional Reconstruction Team Holds Inauguration

Ceremony.

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