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May 2003 to June 2004
574.
Sir Jeremy
then set out a number of areas that needed to be addressed,
including:
“Military
•
… We need
to do more to tackle use of IEDs; mortar and rocket attacks;
and
SAMs
[Surface-to-Air Missiles]. We should
seek to avoid further alienation of
Sunni
population. Overall
approach needs to provide reassurance.
…
Intelligence
•
… We need
much better
co-ordination of intelligence collection and analysis.
Intelligence
sharing between the military and civilian Agencies must be
improved
…
•
Growth of
Iraqi intelligence capacity is vital …
…
Sunni
strategy
•
Sunni
outreach remains critical even while pursuing crackdown on
FRE [Former
Regime
Elements] activities
in these areas. Civic and
economic development
projects
must be a priority. And we must help the IGC to sell the new
political
process in
the Sunni heartlands.
Civilian
security
•
Real risk
of serious US and UK civilian losses. When
civilian volunteers begin
to be hit
the consequences are different to those for the military.
Resulting
mass
pull-outs will undermine our ability to ensure an effective
handover of
responsibility
to Iraqis.
…
•
CPA must
address this with urgency …
Iraqiisation
•
Must accept
previously Ba’athist elements in the security
forces, provided
not
linked with
former repression. Militias
… need to be
brought in an inclusive,
transparent
way … Plans for this should be drawn up immediately with IGC
…
Economics
•
Absolute
priority must be given to job creation …
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