Introduction .....................................................................................................................
66
Pre‑conflict
consideration of SSR .............................................................................
67
SSR
planning during the build‑up to invasion ...........................................................
79
Planning
the deployment of police officers ...............................................................
85
SSR across
Iraq: after the invasion ................................................................................
88
De-Ba’athification ......................................................................................................
93
Views on
SSR: May 2003 .......................................................................................
100
SSR roles
and responsibilities in Iraq .....................................................................
107
UK policing
strategy: summer 2003 ........................................................................
108
Training of
the Iraqi Police Service begins .............................................................
113
New Iraqi
security structures ..................................................................................
115
Global
Conflict Prevention Pool Strategy ................................................................
120
Policing
strategy: Iraqiisation ..................................................................................
122
Concerns
about strategy .........................................................................................
129
The
military take control of police reform ................................................................
137
Security
worsens and Iraqi Security Force weaknesses are
exposed ....................
141
Restructuring
in advance of transfer of sovereignty ...............................................
149
SSR in the
South: after the invasion .............................................................................
153
Problems
deploying police officers .........................................................................
155
The
deployment of DCC White ........................................................................
163
SSR
progress by October 2003 ..............................................................................
167
Prison
reform ..........................................................................................................
170
The
position in the South leading up to the transfer of
sovereignty ........................
172
SSR across
Iraq: summer 2004 to summer 2006 .........................................................
175
UK, US and
Iraqi plans for SSR ..............................................................................
177
UK
assessments of the Iraqi Security Forces in late
2004 .....................................
183
Further
concerns about Iraqiisation ..................................................................
185
Suggestions
for improvements in SSR ...................................................................
191
Justice
sector concerns ....................................................................................
198
Delays in
transferring security ................................................................................
199
The “Luck
Review” and strategy for 2005 ...............................................................
204
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