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Book Synopsis Lessons of Iraq: Report, together with formal minutes by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee
Download or read book Lessons of Iraq: Report, together with formal minutes written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the British contribution to the operation in Iraq and pays attention to both the preparatory and deployment stage, and the transition from combat to peace keeping. The 15 main areas it examines include topics such as: command and control; planning and strategy; equipment; use of reserves; information and the role of the media. It looks at the lessons the military has learned and also what can be learned for the future. The examination is quite detailed, for example the performance of each major piece of equipment is evaluated. Although the MOD is criticised for showing less co-operation than a parliamentary select committee should have been expected; the report concludes that the men and women of the armed forces deserve the highest praise for their conduct and performance in Iraq.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee Publisher :Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215532404 Total Pages :17 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (324 download)
Book Synopsis The Iraq inquiry by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee
Download or read book The Iraq inquiry written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009-06-19 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee welcomes the Government's announcement that an inquiry into Iraq will be held, that it will have a broad scope, and that it will aim to learn lessons from the decision to go to war, the conflict and its aftermath, there is a strong risk that the inquiry as currently constituted will not be able to pursue what should be its fundamental purpose: to identify the truth and ensure that the executive can be held properly accountable for its decisions and conduct in relation to Iraq. This fundamental purpose should be encapsulated within the inquiry's formal terms of reference. The Committee recommends that consideration be given to splitting the inquiry into two stages: the first to concentrate on the British decision to go to war; and the second to consider the broader lessons from the conflict and its aftermath. The need for effective accountability and public confidence demands that the inquiry be conducted as openly and publicly as possible and the Government should reconsider its decision to conduct the inquiry in private. The Iraq inquiry is a unique opportunity to explore issues about which there has been significant public disquiet for some time. Only if the inquiry is conducted in a manner which is legitimate and credible and is seen to be so will the public be assured that it is not a whitewash. It is welcomed that there is to be an inquiry. But it is the wrong kind of inquiry, decided and announced in the wrong kind of way. This key opportunity to restore public confidence should not be missed.
Book Synopsis The Occupation of Iraq: Volume 2 by : Stefan Talmon
Download or read book The Occupation of Iraq: Volume 2 written by Stefan Talmon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 1572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invasion and occupation of Iraq rank among the most controversial and complex issues in international law in recent history. This volume of documents covers the occupation of Iraq from the planning stages of the invasion of Iraq in early 2002 to the transfer of governing authority to the Iraqi Interim Government on 28 June 2004. The book presents 595 selected documents including the first complete set of all Regulations, Orders, Memoranda and Public Notices issued by the US-led occupation administration of Iraq, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), several of which were never published on the CPA`s website or promulgated in Alwaqai Aliraqiya, the Official Gazette of Iraq. Some of these legal acts have shaped the economic and political system of present day Iraq and will be part of the country`s legal order for years to come. The book also includes some 120 other CPA and CPA-related documents selected from more than 5000 unclassified CPA documents and received under freedom of information requests lodged in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Switzerland. These documents include instructions and proclamations to the Iraqi people in the early stages of the occupation, organizational charts, internal legal opinions, diplomatic notes, international agreements concluded by the CPA with other States, and numerous internal memoranda for the head of the CPA, Ambassador Paul L Bremer, on legal, diplomatic and political issues. The book also presents for the first time all 235 resolutions passed by the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) between July 2003 and June 2004. The resolutions as well as many of the 25 other important IGC documents (including various political statements, press releases and decrees of the Council`s Higher National De-Ba`athification Commission) have been translated from Arabic and are presented here for the first time in English. These documents are complemented by the relevant United Nations documents on the occupation of Iraq as well as some 50 policy documents of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Iraqi opposition movement as well as all relevant fatwas (religious rulings) of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani which shaped the internal Iraqi political process during the occupation. This collection archives these important documents for future use and makes them easily accessible to researchers and professionals. Considering that the main source of information for the occupying powers in Iraq were the precedents set during the First and Second World Wars, the occupation of Iraq will serve as a modern precedent for future administrations of occupied territory. The documents are made easily accessible by a comprehensive table of documents, a list of abbreviations, more than 1100 explanatory notes and cross-references and a substantive subject index. This volume is the second on The Occupation of Iraq. It is complemented by a monograph by the same author which, on the basis of the documents collection, presents a comprehensive analysis of The Governance of Occupied Territory in Contemporary International Law.
Book Synopsis British Air Power by : Viktoriya Fedorchak
Download or read book British Air Power written by Viktoriya Fedorchak and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Air Power demonstrates how the Royal Air Force sought to adapt in regard to the roles it could play and the conflicts in which it could be used, as well as the evolution of air power doctrine at a time of rapid changes in national politics and in the international arena. The development of new concepts and theories, the evaluation of operational experience, the political environment and budgetary cuts, and the role of academics and personalities in development of doctrine are thus all explored to show changes in strategic thinking regarding air power. Fedorchak further examines the influence of jointery – the process of co-operation between the army, navy and air force – on thinking, conceptualising, teaching and using air power in recent operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. A contemporary complement to more historical studies, British Air Power provides a very detailed look at the development of air-land doctrine in the RAF since the turn of the century.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215024237 Total Pages :96 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (242 download)
Book Synopsis Development Assistance in Iraq: Interim Report by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Download or read book Development Assistance in Iraq: Interim Report written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is part of a general inquiry into development assistance in Iraq. Due to the dissolution of Parliament, the report is limited to oral and written evidence. The Committee has set the following objectives: to determine how successfully the Department of International Development has spent its' funds; also examining the roles of the multilateral organizations within Iraq; the effectiveness of the coordination of service provision; the situation as regards the security environment and provision for humanitarian relief; the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction and development in Iraq. A number of Committee members visited Iraq to assess the overall situation, and collect information, but there was limited availability of analyses and evaluations of the development assistance programme. The Committee hopes to continue the work in the next parliament.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215030524 Total Pages :74 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis UK Operations in Iraq by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Download or read book UK Operations in Iraq written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-08-10 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report seeks to highlight some of the issues raised during the Committee's visit to Iraq in June 2006, which was undertaken in order to examine the operating environment being experienced by UK forces and to meet senior members of the new Iraqi Government. Amongst its findings, the Committee notes its concern at the deteriorating security situation in South Eastern Iraq, particularly Basra, and the implications for the security of UK forces. It welcomes the progress being made in the development of the new Iraqi army but highlights the serious challenges remaining in the development of the Iraqi police service. The report also raises concerns over the problems with equipment which requires urgent attention from the MoD, the effects of the extreme temperatures which troops are having to deal with, the shortage of helicopters and the strain on both air and ground crews. The Committee's report questions the Government's confidence that UK armed forces are not being overstretched, and calls for urgent action to address the growing capability gaps; and concludes that the issues raised in the report gives rise to fundamental doubts as to whether the UK armed forces are structured, trained and equipped to fulfil the role envisaged for them in the Strategic Defence Review and subsequent policy documents.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215544841 Total Pages :254 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (448 download)
Book Synopsis The comprehensive approach by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Download or read book The comprehensive approach written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Defence Committee report recommends that when troops are committed to operations in future there must be robust plans to coordinate military and reconstruction efforts from the earliest stages. The next Government should lay out the requirements of the "Comprehensive Approach" (the combination of civilian and military actors in a counter-insurgency operation) in order better to preserve all the lessons learned in the complex operations of Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them having been painfully re-learned from Bosnia, Kosovo and even Malaya. The Committee looks to the recently formed Stabilisation Unit (owned by the Department for International Development, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence) to maintain a capacity to deploy significant numbers of personnel for post-conflict reconstruction and to ensure that vital knowledge and skills gained during deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan are retained and built on. The Comprehensive Approach requires close work with local nationals to build up their capability and confidence in all fields including security, governance, law and order and development. This must include women at all levels. The Government needs to find better ways to draw on the expertise of NGOs without compromising the effectiveness and safety of aid workers on the ground.
Book Synopsis The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue 2007 by : U K Stationery Office
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue 2007 written by U K Stationery Office and published by Stationery Office Annual Catal. This book was released on 2009-01-07 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No public library discount on this title
Book Synopsis The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue by : Stationery Office (Great Britain)
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue written by Stationery Office (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Liaison Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215022806 Total Pages :112 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (228 download)
Book Synopsis Annual Report For 2004 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Liaison Committee
Download or read book Annual Report For 2004 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Liaison Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annual report For 2004 : First report of session 2004-05, report, together with appendices and formal Minutes
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215066039 Total Pages :98 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (66 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Defence Committee: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part One - HC 197 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Defence Committee: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part One - HC 197 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report the Defence Committee argues that the capabilities of HM Forces should be determined not by budgetary constraints but by a fully-developed strategy which defines the position in the world that the UK wants to adopt. The report urges the government to produce a comprehensive national security strategy in the first place and let that document, along with the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), direct the next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). The allocation of resources will be based on national spending priorities set to meet the nation's security needs. There is a danger of defence becoming a matter of discretionary spending. Decisions about the expeditionary capability that the UK retains must be based on proper strategic decision making about the UK's place in the world and not simply flow from the "horse-trading" that surrounds the CSR process. The report points to a lack of understanding amongst the public of why we have Armed Forces. General sympathy and support for the Armed Forces must not obscure a hard-headed understanding of what they are for. The process of producing the next Defence and Security Review is the opportunity to engage the public in understanding the future of the Armed Forces. The Committee has very real concerns about the focus that will be given to the number of asymmetric security threats to the UK, such as from terrorism or cyber attack. The Government must think more strategically about the resilience of the country's critical infrastructure and recovery following an attack.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215530240 Total Pages :124 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (32 download)
Book Synopsis The Defence Contribution to UK National Security and Resilience by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee
Download or read book The Defence Contribution to UK National Security and Resilience written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2008 the Government published "The National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom: Security in an interdependent world" (NSS) (Cm. 7291, 2008, ISBN 9780101729123). Part dealt with the contribution of the armed forces to the overarching security policy of the UK, and the Defence Committee set out to examine "how the MoD and the Armed Forces interact with other departments and agencies to ensure the safety and security of the UK". The report looks at the developing area of Parliamentary scrutiny of national security, welcomes the proposed creation of a Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, but does question which minister will give evidence to that Committee. The vital role of the ministry of Defence is outlined, and the contribution must be appropriately understood, directed and resourced. The Committee recommends that the Government investigate how the Territorial Army could be used in civil emergencies, rather than always resorting to regular troops. It is essential that all activity relating to national security is appropriately funded from an indicative national security budget. The NSS should also make a clearer connection between the strategy and industry, and the Committee welcomes the Government's engagement with the UK Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers' Community. Current issues examined include: the London 2012 Olympic Games; maritime security - the Committee comments on only six Royal Navy ships being dedicated to this, and the level of action taken to address identified threats to aspects of critical infrastructure such as ports; the impact of current operations and the extent to which UK forces are stretched or overstretched.
Book Synopsis Human Rights Annual Report 2005 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book Human Rights Annual Report 2005 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines the eighth annual report by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ('Human Rights Annual Report 2005', Cm. 6606, ISBN 0101660626) published in July 2005. Issues discussed include: the international legal framework and the work of international institutions; the war against terrorism and treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, extraordinary rendition and the use of information derived from torture, the situation in Iraq and the trial of Saddam Hussein; the arms trade and military assistance, and corporate social responsibility; and states of concern. The Committee welcomes the report as making a substantial contribution to the transparency and visibility of the Government's work on human rights matters. However, concerns are raised over the fact that the Minister responsible for human rights issues is also the Minister of State for Trade, roles which are often contradictory. The decision to subsume human rights work into the more general category of sustainable development is also criticised, since it would suggest that human rights issues are not being given sufficient strategic priority within UK foreign policy.
Book Synopsis Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-07-02 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the seventh report in a series on the foreign policy aspects of the war against terrorism. During the course of these inquiries the Committee has covered subjects such as the fall of the Taliban and efforts to rebuild Afghanistan, shifts in the organisation of Al Qaeda, the war and subsequent situation in Iraq, multilateral efforts to tackle terrorist financing and global work to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This report returns to a number of these themes and discusses the situations in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Iraq and Iran. In addition it looks at the UK's relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Not only are both countries allies in the war against terrorism, they also have experience in understanding and then thwarting the recruitment of extremists.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215532619 Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (326 download)
Book Synopsis Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Download or read book Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inquiry the Committee examines the effectiveness of the current Service complaints procedures based on the findings of the Service Complaints Commissioner, Dr Susan Atkins, in her first annual report. It also examines the Commissioner's evaluation of the support given to her by the Ministry of Defence during the year. The report sets out the background to the creation of the role and details the Service Complaints System that is explained to Service personnel in Joint Service Publication 831 (issued December 2008). Finally the Committee considers how the Commissioner has operated in her first year. The Commissioner has set clear aims, values and objectives for her office: understanding the environment of the three Services, delivering good customer service, ensuring widespread knowledge of the new system, establishing a reliable recording system for complaints, ensuring effective integration of the SCC and Tri-Service systems, establishing expectations and requirements, and delivering her annual report on time. The Committee commends Dr Atkins for her regular and frequent visits to military bases and to operational theatre to gain an understanding of the environment of the three Services, and how the complaints system operates in practice. Knowledge in the Services of the Commissioner and her role is patchy and more should be done by the Ministry to improve that. Staff resources should also be increased. It is still too early to decide whether the Commissioner has sufficient powers. The next annual report should be presented formally to Parliament.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780104013410 Total Pages :112 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (134 download)
Book Synopsis UN Convention Against Torture by : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
Download or read book UN Convention Against Torture written by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, from the joint House of Lords and House of Commons Committee (Joint Committee on Human Rights, HLP 156/HCP 527, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780104013410), is a follow-up to an earlier report, (HLP 185-I/HCP 701-I, session 2005-06, ISBN 9780104008638). This report focused on the UN Convention Against Torture and its applicability to the UK armed forces. This new report considers discrepancies in the evidence provided to the Committee about the use of prohibited interrogation techniques in Iraq. The Committee's conclusions, were as follows: that conditioning techniques such as hooding and the use of stress positioning were used by some British troops in Iraq, despite such techniques been prohibited in 1972; that the hooding and stress positioning by the First Queen's Lancashire Regiment in 2003, was based on legal advice from Brigade headquarters; that the interpretation of using such techniques may have been too narrow and interpreted as only applying to interrogation in Northern Ireland; that the prohibition of such techniques was not clearly articulated to the troops in Iraq; up until 2005, interrogation personnel were trained in proscribed techniques, demonstrating what they might be subjected to if captured. The Committee is yet to receive an explanation from the Ministry of Defence for the the discrepancies between the evidence given to the Joint Committee in 2004 and 2006 on the use of prohibited conditioning techniques and recommends that the Secretary of State for Defence should confirm a detailed response will be received about the discrepancies, following the public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215543912 Total Pages :130 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (439 download)
Book Synopsis Readiness and recuperation of the Armed Forces by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Download or read book Readiness and recuperation of the Armed Forces written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Defence Committee states that the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review should take account of the current low readiness levels of the Armed Forces and the need for their effective recuperation. The Armed Forces have been involved in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for many years while maintaining key standing tasks such as the strategic nuclear deterrent and UK air defence. They have been deployed above the Defence Planning Assumptions, the level at which they are structured and funded, for seven years. Nevertheless, the Committee considers it unsatisfactory that readiness levels have been allowed to fall to the extent that they have and recommends that the Strategic Defence Review reviews the utility and content of the Defence Planning Assumptions and readiness targets. Recuperation is the process by which force elements are returned to target levels of readiness. It involves all the underlying components: manpower; equipment; training; and logistics support. The drawdown of troops from Iraq should provide the MoD with an opportunity to recuperate the Armed Forces and to reverse the fall in readiness. But there have also been pressures on personnel, with significant numbers of the Army and the Marines and those in key "pinch point trades", such as medical personnel, being deployed more frequently than the MoD would wish - breaking harmony guidelines. If readiness is to be improved, then the Army must return to being deployed within harmony guidelines as soon as practicable.
