CIAO DATE: 02/2014
December 2013
Center for Strategic and International Studies
This new report provides a comprehensive assessment of the current capabilities of the Iraqi Security Forces, including all branches of the armed forces as well as national police and counterterrorism units. It serves to provide an update to the Burke Chair’s previous report, Withdrawal From Iraq: Assessing the Readiness of Iraqi Security Forces, to include the steps taken to develop Iraqi security capabilities since 2011. It includes all major arms purchases by Iraq from the United States under Foreign Military Sales authority, as well as the limited International Military Engagement and Training programs being conducted with Iraqi personnel. It also assesses the uncertain future of the Iraqi efforts to combat terrorism and insurgency, and the limited options for the United States to try to support those efforts.
Resource link: Shaping Iraq's Security Forces [PDF] - 2.0M