An Iraqi security expert is monitoring for “Sky News Arabia” the chances of success of this plan, and what could strengthen or weaken the movements of the security services on the ground.
According to statements by the commander of the Sumer operations, Lieutenant General Saad Harbiyeh, to the Iraqi news agency, “the Minister of the Interior, Abdul Amir al-Shammari, has drawn up a security plan in the governorate of Dhi Qar in southern Iraq during his meeting with the Sumer Operations Command, and intelligence committees were formed to follow the plan.”
The plan includes arresting anyone who carried arms during recent tribal conflicts in Al-Nasr and Al-Islah districts, tracking unchecked weapons in some areas and preparing to launch a great campaign against drug traffickers, whether they are drug addicts or traffickers. .
big mess
Iraqi security and strategy expert Alaa Al-Nashua attributes the phenomenon of clan conflicts in the country to social and security reasons, as well as to foreign countries with an interest in the spread of arms chaos since 2003:
The occupation of Iraq by the United States and its international coalition is one of the most important causes of the great chaos that has shown the clans as an alternative force to the state and its executive and judicial institutions. The occupation led to the collapse of the Iraqi army; This gave certain clans the opportunity to seize weapons and equipment, from guns to heavy weapons, like artillery and tanks, from army barracks, in a competition to show hegemony between these clans and some of them, and to use them as well. in trade and money. In addition, some pro-Iranian factions have also seized some of these weapons and equipment to impose their presence on the ground. The United States left the freedom to possess weapons and their uses outside the legal framework, especially in the southern governorates which did not show resistance to the occupation, but rather saw it as a ” liberator” and a “friend”.
State sovereignty
Iraqi security expert praises efforts by security services to impose state sovereignty, but considers them “still not at the required level in terms of preparation, confrontation and direct and rapid deterrence in the face of conflicts clans”.
Al-Nashu’ relates this to what is happening on the ground in Iraq, giving examples:
Security services always fear confrontation when clan conflict erupts due to the lack of information they have on the type of weapons available to clans, which may outperform the weapons of the security forces. The work of the forces in the territories is difficult. Because the fighters of the clan know the crossroads, the paths and the hidden passages better than the forces; Which makes them fight a war of losing cities. The sectarian and clan loyalties of some security service employees make them less effective in resolving any situation. In addition to fear of clan persecution for them. The interference of political parties and blocs in the work of the government in the interest of clans who need it in the interests and electoral files.
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