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Ministry of Interior (Iraq)
Description
Ministry of Interior (Iraq) The Ministry of Interior of Iraq handles policing and border control in Iraq. The MoI consists of several elements, including the Iraqi Police, Highway Patrol, Traffic Department, Emergency Response Unit, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, and Department of Border Enforcement. Pending passage of the Facilities Protection Service Reform Law, the Ministry is preparing to absorb FPS personnel currently spread among other ministries. The MoI has approximately 380,430 employees and the Ministry of Finance approved US$3.8 billion for its 2008 budget, representing a 21% growth over the previous year. Under President Saddam Hussein, the Ministry contained a wide range of administrative functions, including keeping Iraq free of Hussein's enemies and other "undesirables". After the United States toppled Hussein in the Iraq War, the Ministry was not dissolved, unlike the defense and intelligence agencies. Combined Joint Task Force 7 intended to hand over policing and internal security duties as soon as possible. However, the Ministry was merely restructured. (via Freebase)
 
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Seven killed in Iraq attacks
IndiaVision
— Aug 6, 2012 at 09:05 am
...deputed at the checkpoint opened fire on the attacker and shot him dead. In central Iraq, a car bomb went off in Baghdad's Qahirah district near...
New Iraq violence kills 15
The Daily Telegraph
— Apr 24 at 11:28 am
...Baghdad, an interior ministry official and a medical source said. And in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, a mortar attack targeting the home of a prov...
Iraq attacks kill 9 security forces
www.presstv.ir
— Sep 25, 2012 at 10:40 pm
An interior ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said militants attacked a police station in the town of al-Tarmiyah, situated so...
PKK gives hostages to delegation in Iraq
United Press International
— Mar 13 at 11:23 am
...known by the initials PKK has bases -- will be accompanied back to Turkey by the delegation of political and humanitarian officials, Today's Zam...
Spate of Iraq attacks kill at least six
Dawn
— Oct 15, 2012 at 07:49 am
...said. A doctor in the city’s hospital said the facility had received one body, but did not confirm the wounded. In Baghdad, meanwhile, a shootin...