14 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 10 (2006)

Heliports:
8 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 2,228 km; liquid petroleum gas 918 km; oil 5,506 km; refined
products 1,637 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 2,200 km
standard gauge: 2,200 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,399 km
unpaved: 7,151 km (1999)

Waterways:
5,279 km
note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third
River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)

Merchant marine:
total: 13 ships (1000 GRT or over) 67,796 GRT/101,317 DWT
by type: cargo 11, petroleum tanker 2 (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr

Military Iraq

Military branches:
Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Regular Army (includes Iraqi Special
Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former
Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air
Corps) (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
all volunteer force; the Iraqi Government is creating a new
professional Iraqi military force of men aged 18 to 40 to defend
Iraq from external threats and the current insurgency (2006)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 5,870,640
females age 18-49: 5,642,073 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 4,930,074
females age 18-49: 4,771,105 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 198,518
females age 18-49: 289,879 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$1.34 billion (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA

Transnational Issues Iraq

Disputes - international:
coalition forces assist Iraqis in monitoring boundary security;
Iraq's lack of a maritime boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction
disputes beyond the mouth of the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf;
Turkey has expressed concern over the status of Kurds in Iraq

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 22,698 (Palestinian Territories),
13,382 (Iran), 13,332 (Turkey)
IDPs: 1.6 million (ongoing US-led war and Kurds' subsequent return)
(2006)

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Ireland

Introduction Ireland

Background:
Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions
by Norsemen that began