they will take the responsibility of managing Iraq’s security instead of the MNF before
they withdraw.
- Activating the decisions that support victims of the former regime through
compensations and making available all potentials to improve their living standards all
over Iraq. - Removing all obstacles facing the Iraqi citizens or organizations to take part
in building Iraq according to the Constitution if they did not commit any crime. - Giving compensations for those who have been suffering from terrorist acts,
military operations or violence. - Activating the role of judiciary to punish the criminals, making it the only
reference in dealing with crimes, former regime’s top officials, terrorists and gangs of
kidnapping and killing. - Making the armed forces independent on the influence of the competing polit-
ical powers, disbanding the militias and illegal armed groups and treat them accord-
ing to politics, economy and security. - Gathering the visions and stances towards the anti-Iraq terrorist and expiatory
groups. - Starting a wide-scaled construction campaign all over Iraq to treat the unem-
ployment phenomenon. - The elections led to the forming [of a] Parliament, constitution and a gov-
ernment of national unity as the only legal representative of the Iraqi peoples’ will in
dealing with sovereignty and the existence of MNF. - Make the deportees get back home. The government and the security sys-
tems are responsible for their return and safety to prevent the terrorists from harm-
ing them in addition to compensating them for all the damages they have and adopt
a firm security plan that ensures protecting people and prevents them from being
subject to blackmail. - Search and arrest operations happen according to judiciary orders before the
raid or arrest. These orders should follow certain information, not vexatious one[s] and
should be in conformity with human rights. The military operations should also occur
on the basis of official orders.
SOURCE: Government of Iraq, “The Prime Minister Announces the National Reconciliation Project before the
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