been recorded. The lack of proper accounting for these weapons makes the acquisition of small arms by anti-governmental forces such as insurgents or sectarian militias much easier. See also Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Army Ranks Insignia Iraqi Navy Uniforms of Iraqi Armed Forces Notes References Also see Pollack's book reviewed in International Security, Vol. 28, No. 2. Further reading James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, Andrew Rathmell, Brett Steele, The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq (CPA period) Includes very useful thoughts on Iraq Army personnel 'laziness.' Hamdani, Ra'ad. Before History Left Us. Beirut: Arab Scientific Publishers, 2006. Huggins, William D. The Republican Guards and Saddam Hussein's Transformation of the Iraqi Army, The Arab Studies Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1994), pp. 31–35. International Crisis Group, Loose Ends: Iraq's Security Forces between U.S. Drawdown and Withdrawal (Baghdad/Washington/Brussels: ICG, October 26, 2010). Michael Knights, "Free rein: domestic security forces take over in Iraq," Jane's Intelligence Review (November 4, 2010) Tzvi Ofer, The Iraqi Army in the Yom Kippur War, transl. Hatzav, Tel Aviv: Ma'arachot, 1986 Owen West, The Snake Eaters: Counterinsurgency Advisors in Combat Kevin M. Woods, Williamson Murray, and Thomas Holaday, with Mounir Elkhamri, 'Saddam's War: An Iraqi military perspective of the Iran–Iraq War,' McNair Papers 70, INSS/NDU, Washington DC, 2009. External links Iran's Militias Are Taking Over Iraq's Army (Feb. 2015), Eli Lake, Bloomberg News D. J. Elliot, Blog on Iraqi Forces by Former Naval Intelligence Officer www.365iniraq.com Articles and pictures from an Iraqi Army transition team Building Iraqi security forces : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, March 14, 2005 Rebuilding Iraq: Resource, Security, Governance, Essential Services, and Oversight Issues: United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Committees, June, 2004 Cordesman, Anthony H.: Prepared Statement before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, March 14, 2005 Cordesman, Anthony H., Iraqi Security Forces, Praeger/CSIS, 2006 Cordesman, Anthony H., Iraqi Force Development: A Current Status Report July 2005 – February 2006, February 15, 2006 America's old Humvees add new luster to Iraqi fleet, Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2008 Blog on Iraqi Forces by Former Naval Intelligence Officer D. J. Elliot Russia's Bunker-Smashing Rockets Have Arrived in Iraq Military units and formations of the Iraq War 1921 establishments in Iraq