- published: 14 Jun 2016
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The Iraqi Army is the ground component of the Iraqi military, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I.
Today, it is tasked with assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Iraqi Army was rebuilt along U.S. lines with enormous amounts of U.S. military assistance at every level. Because of the low-level ongoing Iraqi insurgency as of 2006, the Iraqi Army was designed to be an objective counter-insurgency force for a period of time until the insurgency is diminished to a level that the police can handle. Thereafter, the Iraqi Army will undergo a modernisation plan which includes purchasing more heavy equipment.
The threat of war with newly forming Republic of Turkey, which claimed the Ottoman vilayet of Mosul as part of their country, led the British to form the Iraqi Army on 6 January 1921. The Mussa Al-Kadhum Brigade consisted of ex-Iraqi-Ottoman officers, whose barracks were located in Al Kazemiyah. The United Kingdom provided support and training to the Iraqi Army and the Iraqi Air Force through a small military mission based in Baghdad.
The reason we're all disfigured
I will say it again
The reason we're all disappointed
With innocence lost
You're alone
You can feel the resentment
Burning a pathway
Straight to your heart
I saw kingdom come
Maybe your life is wonderful
I wish you well
Please understand I won't change you
So grant me the same
I know this
There's a plain white horizon
I want it so badly
It seems after all
That you will be done
And it's done
Reaching on out
And it's done
We are all defenceless now
On your own you left somehow
With these broken bones
These broken bones
But I am one with these chains
Come around and I regain
With my broken bones
My broken bones
The reason we're all disfigured
I will say it again
The reason we're all disappointed
With innocence lost
You're alone
You can feel the resentment
Burning a pathway
Straight to your heart