Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks

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Abstract:

Elections in 2005 produced a permanent constitution and a broad-based but Shiite-led government that has been unwilling or unable to take major steps to reduce Sunni popular resentment and is now showing significant signs of fragmentation. A congressionally mandated P.L. 110-28, FY2007 supplemental appropriation report July 12, 2007 presented few signs of progress on political reconciliation. See CRS Report RL31339, Iraq Post-Saddam Governance and Security, by Kenneth Katzman. After about one year of a post-Saddam U.S.-led occupation government, the United States handed sovereignty to an appointed Iraqi government on June 28, 2004. A government and a permanent constitution were voted on thereafter, as stipulated in a March 8, 2004, Transitional Administrative Law TAL.

Author(s):
Katzman, Kenneth
Author Organization(s):
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Descriptive Note:
Congressional rept.
Supplementary Note:
CRS Report for Congress. The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0007

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
CRS-RS21968
Monitor Series:
CRS/DC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6_Net Centric
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*IRAQ, *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN), *LEGISLATION, *POSTWAR, *ELECTIONS, *MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKING, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, FRAGMENTATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRUDE OIL, SECTARIAN VIOLENCE, INSURGENCY, REVENUE SHARING, COUNTERINSURGENCY, POLITICAL PARTIES, TRANSITIONS, ETHNIC GROUPS, MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN), INVESTMENTS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Administration and Management, Government and Political Science, Sociology and Law
Keyword(s):
*IRAQI CONSTITUTION, *CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM, SUNNIS, SHIITES, KURDS, *POLITICAL BENCHMARKS, INVESTMENT LAW, HIGH ELECTORAL COMMISSION, PROVINCIAL ELECTION LAW, OIL LAW, DE BAATHIFICATION LAW, FLAG LAW, NATIONAL ANTHEM LAW, INSURGENT AMNESTY LAW, SHIITE MILITIAS, IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
Report Date:
2007 Aug 10
Creation Date:
2007 Sep 19