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ISS Brief IRAQ

• Name
• Base
• Date

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Overview

• CAUSES OF WAR
• Economic
• Security
• US Involvement
• National Security Strategy
• US Objectives
• Instruments of Power
• Forecast
• Next 2 Years
• Recommendations

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• CAUSES OF WAR

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ECONOMIC

• Iraqs perceived desire to control oil reserves
• Economy was in disarray after the Iran-Iraq
  Conflict
• Wanted Kuwait to give them 30B
• Iraq invaded Kuwait
• Disrupted flow of oil in Middle East
• Iraqis positioned themselves to take over Saudi
  oil fields and other Gulf States
• UN would not lift economic sanctions in Iraq
• Iraq withheld oil from the world market
• Increased gas prices worldwide

(www.countrywatch.com)
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SECURITY

• Violation of Conditions to End Persian Gulf War
  (President Bush)
• Destroy weapons of mass destruction
• Cease all development of such weapons
• Stop support of terrorist groups
• Stockpile of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Mustard gases and a deadly nerve gas called VX
• Iraq closed off NBC sites from UN Special
  Commission
• UN was on the verge of uncovering the secret
  stocks (BBC.news)
• Iraqs drive toward an arsenal of terror
• Provided a safe haven to terrorist in the past
• Abu Nidals terror orgcarried out 90 attacks
• Killed or injured 900 people
• 12 Americans

(www.whitehouse.gov)
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• US INVOLVEMENT

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NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

• Champion Aspirations for Human dignity
• Strengthen Alliances to Defeat Global Terrorism
  and Work to Prevent Attacks Against Us and Our
  Friends

(NSS, 2006)
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US OBJECTIVES

• Use IOPs to help Iraq do the following
• Rebuild Iraqs Infrastructure
• Counter Terrorism
• Reform Iraqs Government

(www.state.gov)
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DIPLOMATIC

• July 2003, US installed a 25 Member Interim
  Government
• March 8, 2004 Interim Constitution
• Officially known as Law of Administration for
  the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period
• Elections held December 15, 2005
• In February 6, 2005, the Iraqi Parliament elected
  Talabani president.
• The move was seen as an attempt to reach out to
  the nations Kurdish minority.
• Permanent governmet established 20 May 2006

President Jalal Talabani
(www.cia.gov)
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MILITARY

• Support for Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
• 49 Nations 300K combat forces
• US provided the largest force followed by Britain
• US Military Training Local Iraq Police Forces and
  Recruiting Citizens into a New Iraqi Military

(www.whitehouse.gov)
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• FORECASTS/RECOMMENDATIONS

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NEXT TWO YEARS

• Slow progression to a stabilized economy
• Gradually reduce US forces in Iraq
• US will continue to take necessary measures to
  assist in moving Iraq toward self-government

(www.whitehouse.gov, www.countrywatch.com)
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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Trained Forces (Military/Diplomatic)
• NATO to assist in training Iraqi Security Forces
• Gradually increase the number of trained Iraqi
  forces
• Goal of total Iraqi defense force trained by Aug
  2008

(www.whitehouse.gov, www.countrywatch.com)
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Summary

• CAUSES OF WAR
• Economic
• Security
• US Involvement
• National Security Strategy
• US Objectives
• Instruments of Power
• Forecast
• Next 2 Years
• Recommendations

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