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Iraq: building a new security structure Forced Migration Online (24276783) Migration, asylum and refugee law FORCED MIGRATION ONLINE ARMED FORCES FOREIGN OCCUPATION GOVERNMENT POLICY INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION ALIENATION SUNNIS ETHNIC CONFLICT NATIONAL SECURITY This report looks at Iraq's security in the hands of Coalition forces. It argues that how the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) chooses to deal with the country's former military and how it is now going about starting up a new army have decisive political implications, and both appear, at a minimum, to have been poorly thought out and recklessly implemented - opening the door for alienation of the Sunni population and becoming an arena for renewed internal political, sectarian and ethnic conflict. A significant course correction is required in order to lay the foundations for a stable, and stabilizing, indigenous security structure. 2026-09-30T11:51:46Z Text Online resource 10.25446/oxford.33357654.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Iraq_building_a_new_security_structure/33357654 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0