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Merging militias in Iraq Security Forces
While calls to merge militias with Security Forces and state institutions increase, the prior merge revealed a lot of gaps that shall be treated since it weakened the states institutions corrupted the same and brought about huge damages. Some of the biggest weak points of the merge issue according to an officer in Najaf Police Directorate was bringing in to police members who are unqualified on the military, functional and professional sides and the worst was that they are loyal to prominent parties. In Najaf, dozens of Officers holding military degrees were shocked since a huge number of police officers that dont hold any degree and that lack military knowledge were brought into the army. Hence, they became a burden that hinders the work of the army that is supposed to spread security in provinces where different political parties try to hold the sway of power and wealth. To that, those who are called merge officers in police and army caused a lot of disturbance among security forces. According to the same source, Former Prime Minister merged 15 thousand militias and parties members in the police of Baghdad, and Middle and South Euphrates. These members dont enjoy the physical fitness required to be a part of the army. Moreover, they didnt know how to read or write and they were given a high rank. In the same context, MP Mokhles Al Zamili, coalition bloc member, said that some governmental, administrative and professional positions were for people who were outside Iraq and who came afterwards in order to take in their responsibilities. On the other hand, Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Karim Khalaf said that the ministry has an authentic database and those who doubt that these officers hold a degree can refer to this archive. He also called to stop throwing accusations without presenting proofs. Interior Ministry Spokesman added that were merged according to the decision of the local governor, US administrator in Baghdad, Paul Bremer were given low-ranks and other officers who were out of service for political reasons were given back their legal rights. Posted by: Fred 2007-12-11 |
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