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Security Forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

ADA510826

Publication Date	2009
Personal Author	Chapman, D. P.
Page Count	312
Abstract	Since 1991, the Kurdistan has enjoyed autonomy from the rest of Iraq. Despite upheavals and setbacks, during this period the Kurds of northern Iraq have established viable government institutions including legally constituted legislative, executive, judiciary, and security entities. These structures were the only state elements in Iraq to remain intact in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion, and have continued to develop in the intervening 6 years. Their existence and authority was ratified on an interim basis by the Transitional Administrative Law and permanently by the terms of the 2005 Constitution of Iraq. This paper examines a segment of this Kurdistan Regional Government that has been heretofore little noted and poorly understood by the world at large: The large and well-developed security sector. The KRG security sector consists of military forces (the Peshmerga), investigative and policing entities (the Municipal Police and the Asayish), intelligence services (Parastin and Dazgay Zanyari), the Judiciary, and the penal system. Related to the KRG security sector are Government of Iraq forces operating inside the KRG, or consisting of personnel and units formerly part of the Peshmerga.
Keywords	History State government Government(Foreign) Police Political parties Security personnel Iraq Military forces(Foreign) Criminal justice system Democracy Women Border security Minorities Recruiting Intelligence Military reserves Transitions Kurdistan regional government Iraqi government Peshmerga Depoliticization Judicial system Krg(Kurdistan regional government) Asayish Rapareen Kdp(Kurdistan democratic party) Puk(Patriotic union of kurdistan) Security services unification Barzani mullah mustafa Nationalist movement Parastin Dazgay zanyari Prisoner abuse Extraterritorial deployments Shari bra kuzhi Brotherhood fight Human rights Political rivalry Political influence
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	92 - Behavior & Society 92C - Social Concerns 92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 74 - Military Sciences
Corporate Authors	Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	USAWC Civilian Research Project. Senior Service College Fellowship Project.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research paper.
NTIS Issue Number	201008

Security Forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Security Forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
ADA510826

Publication Date	2009
Personal Author	Chapman, D. P.
Page Count	312
Abstract	Since 1991, the Kurdistan has enjoyed autonomy from the rest of Iraq. Despite upheavals and setbacks, during this period the Kurds of northern Iraq have established viable government institutions including legally constituted legislative, executive, judiciary, and security entities. These structures were the only state elements in Iraq to remain intact in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion, and have continued to develop in the intervening 6 years. Their existence and authority was ratified on an interim basis by the Transitional Administrative Law and permanently by the terms of the 2005 Constitution of Iraq. This paper examines a segment of this Kurdistan Regional Government that has been heretofore little noted and poorly understood by the world at large: The large and well-developed security sector. The KRG security sector consists of military forces (the Peshmerga), investigative and policing entities (the Municipal Police and the Asayish), intelligence services (Parastin and Dazgay Zanyari), the Judiciary, and the penal system. Related to the KRG security sector are Government of Iraq forces operating inside the KRG, or consisting of personnel and units formerly part of the Peshmerga.
Keywords	History State government Government(Foreign) Police Political parties Security personnel Iraq Military forces(Foreign) Criminal justice system Democracy Women Border security Minorities Recruiting Intelligence Military reserves Transitions Kurdistan regional government Iraqi government Peshmerga Depoliticization Judicial system Krg(Kurdistan regional government) Asayish Rapareen Kdp(Kurdistan democratic party) Puk(Patriotic union of kurdistan) Security services unification Barzani mullah mustafa Nationalist movement Parastin Dazgay zanyari Prisoner abuse Extraterritorial deployments Shari bra kuzhi Brotherhood fight Human rights Political rivalry Political influence
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	92 - Behavior & Society 92C - Social Concerns 92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 74 - Military Sciences
Corporate Authors	Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	USAWC Civilian Research Project. Senior Service College Fellowship Project.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research paper.
NTIS Issue Number	201008