The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is the government body charged with overseeing policing and border control in Iraq.

[2] The MOI has approximately 380,430 employees, and the Ministry of Finance approved US$3.8 billion for its 2008 budget, representing a 21% growth over the previous year.

After the poor performance of the police in battles against Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, Al-Naqib sought to provide the MOI with effective Iraqi constabulary forces.

The U.S. military provided arms and logistical support to these units, who proved to be effective under Minister al-Naqib's stewardship in fighting alongside U.S. forces against Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias.

Its principal U.S. adviser (Counselor) was Colonel James Steele, who also commanded the U.S. Military Advisory Group in El Salvador from 1984 through 1986.

Despite an international uproar and continual car bomb detonations in Iraq, the things are still being used, and the Ministry was still defending its decision to buy them [in 2009]".

[12] In 2014, the ADE 651 was still in use at Iraqi checkpoints, with a senior police officer defending their use, saying: "Don't listen to what people say about them or what reports media have on them.

Naval EOD Technology Division and other organizations have reported that these and similar devices are fraudulent and little more than "glorified dowsing rods" with no ability to perform claimed functions.

[14][15] In July 2016, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued an executive order banning the use of the device,[16] and in 2020, the Iraqi Commission of Integrity announced that an individual responsible for equipping the Ministry of Interior with the ADE 651 was sentenced to 7 years in prison for his involvement in the corruption scandal.

Amid frequent allegations of abuse and other illegal activities, in the fall of 2006 the Iraqi government decided to reform and retrain all FP units.

In late January 2009, three DBE brigades controlled the 1st Region, i.e. the northern parts of Iraq where the country shares borders with Turkey and Iran.

Former Prime Minister Maliki announced a reform to consolidate all Facilities Protection Service personnel into a unified organization responsible to the MOI.

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