Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks

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).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 2007
Accession Number
ADA471721

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Law
  • Assembly
  • Congress
  • Determinants (Mathematics)
  • Elections
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Kurds
  • Law
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Sectarian Violence
  • Security
  • United States
  • Violence

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.