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| Military Manpower
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| Military Age | 18 (2004 est.)
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| Availability | males age 15-49: 6,547,762(2004 est.)
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| Fit for military service | males age 15-49: 3,654,947(2004 est.)
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| Reaching military age anually | males: 304,527(2004 est.)
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| Military Expenditures
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| Dollar Figure | 1.3 billion (2004 est.)
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| Percent of GDP | unknown (2004 est.)
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The New Iraqi Army is being developed by the United States with the ultimate task of assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
Mission
The New Iraqi Army is responsible for:
- Protecting Iraqi soverignty
- Maintaining internal peace and stability
- Homeland security
- Border Patrol
- Securing roads and installations vital to national interests
- Clearing landmines
Structure
The Coalition Provisional Authority envisions the New Iraqi Army to be for defense only and seperate from the civil police force (which were combined under Saddam Hussein). Because of these two facts, the officer corps as well as the army in general will be much smaller than its predecessor.
- infantry brigades
- rapid intervention forces
- Iraqi special forces
Currently Iraqi Army Lt. Gen. Abdul Qader Mohammed Jassim serves as Land Forces Commander, with responsibility for the New Iraqi Army.
Miscellaneous
Excluded from New Iraqi Army include:
- Former persons from regime security organizations
- Intel organizations
- Special Republican Guards
- SSO
- Ba’ath Party security and militia organizations
- Top-level Ba’ath Party members
On December 29 2004 it was reported by the BBC that the Iraqi Army and National Guard were to be to be merged on January 6th 2005. The Iraqi National Guard, responsible for internal security, had around 40,000 personnel, while the Regular Army had around 4000.
Security in certain areas, including the 'Green Zone' within Baghdad, has recently been turned over to Iraqi Security Forces.
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