Ministry of Interior (Iraq)
وزارة الداخلية | |
Agency overview | |
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Employees | 380,430 |
Annual budget | $3.8 billion |
Minister responsible |
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Website | www.moi.gov.iq |
The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is the government body charged with overseeing
Under President Saddam Hussein, the ministry performed a wide range of functions, including keeping Iraq free of Hussein's enemies and others deemed "undesirable."[1] When U.S.-led Coalition forces found and captured Hussein during the Iraq War, the ministry was not dissolved, unlike the defense ministry and intelligence agencies. Combined Joint Task Force 7 planned to hand over policing and internal security duties as soon as possible.[1] Instead, the ministry was merely restructured.[1]
Federal Police (FP)
The
Amid frequent allegations of abuse and other illegal activities, in the fall of 2006 the Iraqi government decided to reform and retrain all FP units.[1][3] The FP transformation yielded a police organization capable of performing criminal investigations as well as tactical operations, and included a reorganization that resulted in the replacement of two division headquarters with a federal police headquarters.[4]
FP units are equipped with small arms, machine guns, pick-up trucks, and SUVs. The mechanized battalions are equipped with light armored vehicles.[4]
Department of Border Enforcement (DBE)
The DBE is tasked with securing and protecting Iraq's international borders from unlawful entry of both personnel and materiel. The DBE mans 405 border structures. As of March 2010, the DBE has approximately 40,000 personnel assigned, organized into 5 regions, 12 brigades and 38 battalions. The DBE was headquartered in Baghdad.
In late January 2009, the 1st Region, DBE, controlled the northeastern parts of Iraq which is the territory of the Federal
Law Maj. Gen. Fazladin Abdulqader Mohammed of Bamarni, Iraq, was the commander, 1st Region, DBE. The 1st DBE Region "[had] the longest border of all the regions in Iraq," said Fazladin. "Our border covers from Fairozkan to Al Khabour, where the Tigris River Border Fort is located. It is 1,083 kilometers and we have three brigades for this region, the 1st Brigade, DBE, in Dahuk, 2nd Brigade, DBE, in Diyana and 3rd Brigade, DBE, in Sulyamaniah." All three of these brigades were made up of Kurdish Peshmerga.[6]
In October 2009 the 9th Brigade DBE was responsible for the Iranian border, and the 11th Brigade, responsible for the Saudi border, in Muthanna Governorate.[7]
The 15th DBE Brigade in Anbar Province was confirmed operational in January 2010.[8]
Both the DBE and the Department of Ports of Entry (POE) were supposed to be equipped with AK-47s, medium machine guns, body armors, medium pick-up trucks, mid-size
Seven DBE brigades in southern Iraq survived the
Facilities Protection Service
The Facilities Protection Service has more than 150,000 personnel who work for 26 ministries and eight independent directorates. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some of them are unreliable and responsible for violent crimes. Former Prime Minister Maliki announced a reform to consolidate all Facilities Protection Service personnel into a unified organization responsible to the MOI. As of December 2005[update], the Coalition no longer provided material or logistical support to the FPS.[4]
Special Police Commandos
The Special Police Commandos were an elite
After the poor performance of the police in battles against
The existence of the unit was officially announced in September 2004 and numbered about 5,000 officers. Its principal U.S. adviser (Counselor) was Colonel
The Special Police Commando Division, Public Order Division, and Mechanized Police Brigade were merged in 2006 to form the National Police. The National Police has since expanded and been renamed the Federal Police.
Bomb-detector controversy
On April 1, 2009, the Ministry of Interior was awarded the annual
In 2010, the British businessman who exported the device was arrested by the British police for fraud.[15]
As of September 2014[update], the ADE 651 is still in use at Iraqi checkpoints, with the
A New York Times report from October 2009 asserted "pervasive" corruption within the Ministry.[19]
List of Interior Ministers
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-8330-3823-0.
- ^ a b “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq,” March 2008 Report to Congress in accordance with the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2008 (Section 9010, Public Law 109-289).
- ^ See also Gordon and Trainor eNdgame, 193, 227.
- ^ a b c "Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, November 2006" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Border Enforcement in Iraq". www.dvidshub.net. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ISBN 9780892065530.
- ^ Elliott, D.J. (October 2009). "Iraq Security Force Update - October 2009". Montrose Toast - Blog. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Elliott, D.J. "Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: 2010-01". Defense Industry Daily. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Cordesman, Anthony (28 November 2006). "Iraqi Force Development and the Challenge of Civil War" (PDF). Iraqsolidaridad. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Iraq 'death squad caught in act'". 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Q&A: Iraq's Militias - New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Robert Perito, Special Report No. 223, United States Institute of Peace, May 2009
- ^ O'Kane, Maggie; Mahmood, Mona; Madlena, Chavala; Smith, Teresa (2013-03-06). "Revealed: Pentagon's link to Iraqi torture centres | World news". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- ^ "The 2009 Pigasus Awards". Randi.org. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Baghdad Dispatch: Checkpoint (In)Security". PBS. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ^ Hawley, Caroline (2010-06-08). "Police raids expand bomb detector probe". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ^ "Test Report: The Detection Capability of the Sniffex Handheld Explosives Detector". Docstoc.com. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-10.