Iraq's defunct military industry - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Omar al-Jaffal

Omar al-Jaffal

Jul 1, 2015

A metalworker fixes a tank, known as Duldul, in Basra, southeast of Baghdad March 4, 2015. In a military scrapyard in the southern Iraqi desert, abandoned army equipment sat for years waiting to be melted down to steel bars. Now, thanks to new conflict and a resourceful old mechanic, some of the rusty warhorses have won a reprieve. Picture taken March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTR4SX7P — A metalworker fixes a tank in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, March 4, 2015. — REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

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A protester holds up a poster symbolizing the U.S. flag which reads the word of "Baath" during a rally against the former Baath Party return in Baghdad, February 7, 2010. Iraq's Shi'ite parties held emotional demonstrations on Sunday and vowed to purge loyalists of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party as tensions over a list of candidates banned from a March election soared. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR29X72

13 years later, Iraq passes de-Baathification law

Adnan Abu Zeed

Protesters hold up Iraqi flags and pictures of their relatives who were killed during the Saddam era in a rally against the return of Saddam Hussein's Baath party, in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad February 10, 2010. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR2A18M

Iraqi provinces take ex-Baathists to court

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, waits for a meeting of the Iraqi National Council to recommence in Baghdad. Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, waits for a meeting of the Iraqi National Council to recommence in Baghdad September 4, 2004. An Iraqi Islamist group has said it tried to assassinate Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi this week and that four men died in the attack, Al Jazeera television said on Saturday. REUTERS/Samir Mizban/Pool - RTR9YVG

Chalabi: Anbar crisis sign of 'political failure' in Iraq

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Iraq's Supreme Court chief judge Midhat al-Mahmoud holds a news conference in Baghdad June 1, 2010. Iraq's Supreme Court certified the final results of a March 7 parliamentary election on Tuesday, an important step toward the formation of a new government. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - RTR2EMDW

Iraqi Judicial Reforms Include Removal of Chief Justice