28.05.2008 - Source: Amnesty International

Killings by Iraqi security forces ("Annual Report 2008") [ID 23518]

"Iraqi security forces killed civilians unlawfully. In some cases, investigations were announced but their outcome was not known.

On 27 March gunmen wearing police uniforms killed 70 Sunni Arabs in the mixed town of Tal-‘Afar near Mosul, apparently in reprisal for a suicide attack by a Sunni insurgent in a Shi’a district of the town. Survivors reportedly said that the gunmen dragged men from their homes, handcuffed and blindfolded them, and then riddled them with bullets. Two days later, the government acknowledged that police had carried out the killings and 13 were reported to have been briefly detained. It was not clear whether any of them were brought to justice."

Document(s): Open document

11.2007 - Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies

Report on the difficulties of institution building and the reform of the Ministry of Interior ("Fixing Iraq's Internal Security Forces - Why is Reform of the Ministry of Interior so Hard?") [ID 22478]

Document(s): Open document

11.09.2007 - Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies

Summary of report on Iraqi force development ("Iraqi Force Development - Conditions for Success, Consequences of Failure") [ID 21750]

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08.2007 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Sunni Arabs targeted by Shi'ite dominated militias and security forces ("UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-seekers") [ID 22704]

"Shi’ite-dominated ISF and militias, often wearing police or Special Forces uniforms,regularly target members of the Sunni population. Those targeted include also Sunni Arab refugees such as Palestinians and those from Syria and Iran, as well as former members of the Ba’ath Party and security services, who are considered supporters of the former regime and the ongoing insurgency. The fact that Shi’ite militias have infiltrated or collaborate with the ISF blurs the line between state and non-state actors."

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