"On 23 May 2003, the US civilian administrator for Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, abolished several ministries and institutions of Saddam Hussein's regime, and disbanded the Iraqi army, declaring them illegal. The ministries of defense and information were among institutions being dissolved" Ministry of DefenseАрхивная копия от 1 апреля 2013 на Wayback Machine / сайт "globalsecurity.org"
"On 23 May 2003, the US civilian administrator for Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, abolished several ministries and institutions of Saddam Hussein's regime, and disbanded the Iraqi army, declaring them illegal. The ministries of defense and information were among institutions being dissolved" Ministry of DefenseАрхивная копия от 1 апреля 2013 на Wayback Machine / сайт "globalsecurity.org"