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Ärende: Press Release (0701103) for Wed, 2007 Jan 10
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Fact Sheet: The New Way Forward in Iraq
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 10, 2007

Fact Sheet: The New Way Forward in Iraq


ÿÿÿÿÿ Highlights of the Iraq Strategy Review (PDF) ÿÿÿÿÿ Background
Briefing by Senior Administration Officials ÿÿÿÿÿ In Focus: Renewal in Iraq

The President's New Iraq Strategy Is Rooted In Six Fundamental Elements:
 1. Let the Iraqis lead;
 2. Help Iraqis protect the population;
 3. Isolate extremists;
 4. Create space for political progress;
 5. Diversify political and economic efforts; and
 6. Situate the strategy in a regional approach.
  þ Iraq Could Not Be Graver  The War On Terror Cannot Be Won If We Fail
    In Iraq.ÿ Our enemies throughout the Middle East are trying to defeat
    us in Iraq.ÿ If we step back now, the problems in Iraq will become more
    lethal, and make our troops fight an uglier battle than we are seeing
    today.

Key Elements Of The New Approach: Security

Iraqi:
  þ Publicly acknowledge all parties are responsible for quelling sectarian
    violence.
  þ Work with additional Coalition help to regain control of the capital
    and protect the Iraqi population.
  þ Deliver necessary Iraqi forces for Baghdad and protect those forces
    from political interference.
  þ Commit to intensify efforts to build balanced security forces
    throughout the nation that provide security even-handedly for all
    Iraqis.
  þ Plan and fund eventual demobilization program for militias.

Coalition:
  þ Agree that helping Iraqis to provide population security is necessary
    to enable accelerated transition and political progress.
  þ Provide additional military and civilian resources to accomplish this
    mission.
  þ Increase efforts to support tribes willing to help Iraqis fight Al
    Qaeda in Anbar.
  þ Accelerate and expand the embed program while minimizing risk to
    participants.

Both Coalition And Iraqi:
  þ Continue counter-terror operations against Al Qaeda and insurgent
    organizations.
  þ Take more vigorous action against death squad networks.
  þ Accelerate transition to Iraqi responsibility and increase Iraqi
    ownership.
  þ Increase Iraqi security force capacity  both size and effectiveness 
    from 10 to 13 Army divisions, 36 to 41 Army Brigades, and 112 to 132
    Army Battalions.
      þ Establish a National Operations Center, National Counterterrorism
        Force, and National Strike Force.
      þ Reform the Ministry of Interior to increase transparency and
        accountability and transform the National Police.

Key Elements Of The New Approach: Political

Iraqi:
  þ The Government of Iraq commits to:
      þ Reform its cabinet to provide even-handed service delivery.
      þ Act on promised reconciliation initiatives (oil law,
        de-Baathification law, Provincial elections).
      þ Give Coalition and ISF authority to pursue ALL extremists.
  þ All Iraqi leaders support reconciliation.
  þ Moderate coalition emerges as strong base of support for unity
    government.

Coalition:
  þ Support political moderates so they can take on the extremists.
      þ Build and sustain strategic partnerships with moderate Shi'a,
        Sunnis, and Kurds.
  þ Support the national compact and key elements of reconciliation with
    Iraqis in the lead.
  þ Diversify U.S. efforts to foster political accommodation outside
    Baghdad (more flexibility for local commanders and civilian leaders).
      þ Expand and increase the flexibility of the Provincial
        Reconstruction Team (PRT) footprint.
      þ Focus U.S. political, security, and economic resources at local
        level to open space for moderates, with initial priority to Baghdad
        and Anbar.

Both Coalition And Iraqi:
  þ Partnership between Prime Minister Maliki, Iraqi moderates, and the
    United States where all parties are clear on expectations and
    responsibilities.
  þ Strengthen the rule of law and combat corruption.
  þ Build on security gains to foster local and national political
    accommodations.
  þ Make Iraqi institutions even-handed, serving all of Iraq's communities
    on an impartial basis.

Key Elements Of The New Approach: Economic

Iraqi:
  þ Deliver economic resources and provide essential services to all areas
    and communities.
  þ Enact hydrocarbons law to promote investment, national unity, and
    reconciliation.
  þ Capitalize and execute jobs-producing programs.
  þ Match U.S. efforts to create jobs with longer term sustainable Iraqi
    programs.
  þ Focus more economic effort on relatively secure areas as a magnet for
    employment and growth.

Coalition:
  þ Refocus efforts to help Iraqis build capacity in areas vital to success
    of the government (e.g. budget execution, key ministries).
  þ Decentralize efforts to build Iraqi capacities outside the Green Zone.
      þ Double the number of PRTs and civilians serving outside the Green
        Zone.
      þ Establish PRT-capability within maneuver Brigade Combat Teams
        (BCTs).
  þ Greater integration of economic strategy with military effort.
      þ Joint civil-military plans devised by PRT and BCT.
      þ Remove legal and bureaucratic barriers to maximize cooperation and
        flexibility.

Key Elements Of The New Approach: Regional

Iraqi:
  þ Vigorously engage Arab states.
  þ Take the lead in establishing a regional forum to give support and help
    from the neighborhood.
  þ Counter negative foreign activity in Iraq.
  þ Increase efforts to counter PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party).

Coalition:
  þ Intensify efforts to counter Iranian and Syrian influence inside Iraq.
  þ Increase military presence in the region.
  þ Strengthen defense ties with partner states in the region.
  þ Encourage Arab state support to Government of Iraq.
  þ Continue efforts to help manage relations between Iraq and Turkey.
  þ Continue to seek the region's full support in the War on Terror.

Both Coalition And Iraqi:
  þ Focus on the International Compact.
  þ Retain active U.N. engagement in Iraq  particularly for election
    support and constitutional review.ÿ

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