The military and security effort in Iraq was completed in the face of the fighters of ISIS and their leaders in their ultimate suicide on November 17, 2017 after their defeat in the district of Rawah in Anbar province, the last stronghold of terrorism in the provinces of Iraq and the entry of combat groups to raise banners of victory declaring the defeat of the tools of intimidation and crushing them , which was impeding the process of harmony and love In the cohesive Iraqi fabric, which puts us , Iraqis in front of a new phase after (1423) days of control over the provinces and districts and areas of (Nineveh-Anbar-Salah al-Din-Diyala).
We are also on the threshold of a political and social vision in which the Iraqi people stand up to begin a stage of building, progress, dignity, self-reliance and an advanced spirit of pride and fusion in the crucible of a unified Iraq, which is assisted by all the good forces of its sons and elders and symbols that have contributed and helped in defeating terrorists and tearing apart terrorism and its elements and tools. .
Hence , we see Iraq now facing great challenges as its new map was drawn in all fields and at different levels and trends and it can constitute the new challenge in the battle of “construction and preparation” in the complement of the battle to end terrorism and hit it and destroy its tracks and targets , and strike its foundations and to target its headquarters. The most important challenges that can be identified in which the Iraqi government should confront them by the following :
1. Intellectual building: It is a basic and important base for rebuilding and fortifying the society and preparing curricula, studies and strategic research with effective tools to confront all the extremeand destructive ideas and seek to disclose them and educate our Iraqi people to confront them and diagnose its tools and supporting elements so as not to repeat the phenomenon of terrorism again in Iraq and in new forms and formulas , Intellectual construction is a key factor in enlightening the society and taking its hand towards progress and advancement in attention to the intellectual bases and the people of thought, enlightenment and media directed away from hatred sectarian and unacceptable national fanaticism and call for respect for the will of the Iraqi people and strengthen the national trend to continue to unify ranks and fortify the community by sacred link of the cohesive social fabric.
2. Social building: Here we need to work towards building a society governed by the principles of social justice and away from tearing apart the unity of society in the form of ablation, marginalization, criminalization and exclusion. These words have already been dealt with by the Iraqi society with all its affiliations so it is necessary for the political circles to review its tools to rule the society and begin to consolidate the images of community reconciliation to shape the features of the new life of Iraq and move away from the two directions, taking a role in the failure of the political process , they are: sectarian quotas and political consensus of all political blocks and parties and give the leading role of Iraq’s symbols and its tribal , intellectual and literary figures in addressing the social construction of the homeland and opening a new page of tolerance and forgiveness to lay the foundations of national unity.
3. Political building: Enhancing respect for the other opinion and pushing towards deepening the spirit of intellectual communication among all the Iraqi people and respecting their will to achieve their goals and ambitions and working on the principle of one team away from the political differences and conflicts in the field visions that lead the country, preparing political programs with objectives and contents calling for the national unity and to strengthen the role of the Iraqi individual in drawing the political life of the country and not to use abusive methods and tools in pursuing the people of opinion and thought so as not to allow again the return of images of terrorism and its tools to Iraq.
4. Economic construction: Combating corruption, accounting for the corrupt people and preparing economic investment programs and plans that contributes to the formulation of a national economic policy based on productive work and preserving public money. The importance of the country’s wealth is taken into consideration and allocate the funds gained from its revenues to build Iraq and strengthening its economic and development capabilities and proceed to reconstruct the infrastructure of the provinces, which the terrorism has contributed to the destruction of it by military confrontations, aerial bombardments, explosions, car bombs and booby-trapped buildings, and the return of its sons to their homes and residences, and to spread the spirit of hope and optimism in a prosperous future with determining the paths of building an industrial renaissance and agricultural development and the preservation of public money and bring the corrupt to justice.
Iraqi Studies Unit
Rawabet Center for Research and Strategic Studies