Template:PoliticsIraq The Ministry of Defence is the Iraq government agency responsible for Defence of Iraq. It is also involved with internal security.
The Ministry directs all the Iraqi Armed Forces, comprising a Joint Headquarters, the Iraqi Ground Forces Command (which controls the Army), the Iraqi Special Operations Forces, the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Navy (including Marines), and the Iraqi Air Force.
The Ministry was dissolved by Coalition Pr...
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Template:PoliticsIraq The Ministry of Defence is the Iraq government agency responsible for Defence of Iraq. It is also involved with internal security.
The Ministry directs all the Iraqi Armed Forces, comprising a Joint Headquarters, the Iraqi Ground Forces Command (which controls the Army), the Iraqi Special Operations Forces, the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Navy (including Marines), and the Iraqi Air Force.
The Ministry was dissolved by Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2 of mid 2003. It was formally re-established by CPA Order 61 of February 22, 2004. In the interim period, the CPA Office of Security Affairs served as the de facto Ministry of Defence.
The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau directs the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Command, which is a further military force answerable to the Prime Minister of Iraq directly. As of 30 June 2009, there had been legislation in progress for a year to make the Iraqi CTB a separate ministry.
The position of Minister of Defense was left vacant...
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