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Guiding Principles
for
U.S. Post-Conflict Policy
in Iraq

Report of an Independent Working Group
Cosponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University
Edward P. Djerejian and Frank G. Wisner,
Co-Chairs
Rachel Bronson and Andrew S. Weiss,
Project Co-Directors

KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
Given the above analyses, the Working Group recommends:
• issuing official U.S. statements guaranteeing Iraqi sovereignty and territorial
integrity and the preservation of Iraq's full national ownership and control
over its resources;
• crafting a public diplomacy campaign that explains the need to secure oil
facilities and assures skeptical publics that the United States has no aims to
"take over" Iraqi oil assets;
• ensuring that the U.S. military has the requisite information to identify the
assets that could, if severely damaged or destroyed during military hostilities,
substantially delay resumption of the Iraqi oil export program;
• de-politicizing and preserving the UN oil-for-food distribution mechanism in
order to handle oil export programs during hostilities and immediately
thereafter;
• drawing on UNSCR 1284 to help Iraqis rationalize their oil sector and develop
strategies to access foreign oil company assistance and investment;
• leveling the playing field for awarding energy sector contracts by supporting a
transparent and competitive tendering process;
• supporting the creation of an international consortium to work with Iraqi
industrialists and create a road map for the reconstruction and expansion of
Iraq's oil sector; and
• establishing a legal framework within the UN, as early as possible, to handle
claims by oil firms holding oil field contracts in Iraq to prevent lawsuits from
delaying future development.



TIMELINE
THE THREE-PHASED APPROACH
Short-Term Medium-Term Long-Term
Emergency Transitional
Government with Iraqi Advisers
Internationally and UN- Supervised Iraqi
Government
Sovereign Iraqi Government
Duration* Up to 2 months following cessation
of hostilities
3-24 months 2 years
Led by Commander U.S./coalition forces Iraqi leadership working closely with UN secretarygeneral
representative and senior U.S. deputy
Fully sovereign Iraqi leadership
Key
Security
Objectives
WMD disarmament


Implementation of cessation of
hostilities agreement


Establishment/maintenance of law
and order
Defense of Iraq's territorial
integrity: protection of borders/key
energy production centers
Deploy coalition forces to key
population centers
Finalization of arrangements for long-term
monitoring and dismantling of WMD capabilities
Internationally supervised re-training of Iraqi
military
Internationally supervised re-training of Iraqi police
force
Iraq free of WMD
No longer threatening neighbors
Routinization of WMD disarmament
monitoring programs
Consolation of Iraqi security
arrangements
Integration into international community
Key Economic
Objectives
Open/protect key lines of
communication and transportation
Staunch decreasing oil production,
led by Iraqi experts
Clarify existing oil production
agreements
Support the establishment of an Iraqi-led
international consortium to address Iraq's oil
industry needs
Support Iraqi efforts to reach pre-1990 oil
production level
Identification and prioritization of reconstruction
and rehabilitation projects
Reschedule foreign debt
Redesign formula for reparations
An economy based on free market
principles
A rehabilitated oil sector
Key
Governance
Objectives
Obtain UNSCR outlining post-
Saddam broad objectives
Continue close consultations with
Iraqi leaders inside and outside the
country
Identification and detention of
senior-most supporters of regime
Develop criteria for de-
Saddamization
Support removal of senior Ba'ath leaders (led by
Iraqis and international community)
Support resumption of government operations
Conduct census
Preparations of legal proceedings, with Iraqi and
international participation, for those accused of
crimes against humanity
Appointment of Iraqi Consultative Assembly
Preservation of internal cohesion/territorial integrity
A government based on democratic
principles
A government representative of Iraq's
diverse population
True power- and revenue-sharing
Upholding fundamental individual and
group human rights
An all Iraqi-led government
A more binding Iraqi constitution

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Short Term Medium Term Long Term
Emergency Transition
Government with Iraqi Advisers
Internationally and UN- Supervised Iraqi
Government
Sovereign Iraqi Government
Key
Governance
Objectives
(cont.)
Lay groundwork for the assembly
of UN-supervised Iraqi interim
administration
Establish Iraqi advisory
committees throughout Baghdad
and provinces, to include members
of the external opposition
Distribution of humanitarian
assistance
Reconfigure oil-for-food
distributive mechanism
Resumption of basic services
Protection of refugees and control
of refugee flows
Local and parliamentary elections
Security Council resolution
acknowledging completion of the process
and allowing for full re-entry into the
international community
* The Working Group advocates pursuing an objectives-driven approach to Iraq. Achieving key objectives is more important than the estimated duration.
Note: All activity must be accompanied by an active U.S. public diplomacy campaign to explain to the Iraqi people and the international community what is
happening in Iraq along with U.S. objectives and intentions.

http://www.cfr.org/pdf/Iraq_TF.pdf
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Saturday, December 28, 2002 ::
Word of the day:
de-Saddamization


as seen on page 34 in the "Guiding Principles for U.S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq" report published by the Council on Foreign Relations [CFR]
if you don't feel like reading the whole report just take a look at the last 3 pages, "the three phased approach" the paper suggests is outlined in a chart.
there is another interesting article on that site:

Reconstruction: A Checklist for Would-be Nation-builders in Baghdad After the Fall of Saddam

It is the gist of that 35 pages paper. Some of it sounds like the list my mother would have given my baby-sitter.
Go slow, but steady, on democracy.
Strengthen Ties that Bind.
Mind the neighbors.