22 July, Iraqi Governing Council The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) formed the Iraqi Governing Council and appointed its members. The Council membership consisted largely of Iraqi expatriates who had previously fled the country during the rule of Saddam Hussein and also with many outspoken dissidents who had been persecuted by the former regime.

        Though still subordinate to the CPA, the Iraqi Governing Council had several key responsibilities of its own. Its duties included appointing representatives to the United Nations, appointing interim ministers to Iraq's vacant cabinet positions, and drafting a temporary constitution known as the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL), which would be used to govern Iraq until a permanent constitution could be written and approved by the general electorate.

        Udai and Qusay Hussein (Saddam sons) are killed in a fire fight with elements of the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul.

        "Iraqi Police Services, Transition Integration Program (TIP)"

        The Coalition Provisional Authority did not establish a basic recruit training program for new Iraqi police officers until the end of 2003.

        In the interim, U.S. police advisers developed a three-week reorientation course, the Transition Integration Program (TIP), for rehired members of the Iraqi National Police. With U.S. Military Police serving as instructors, some 40,000 members of the IPS received training in weapons handling and the use of force in making arrests, and instruction on human rights, ethics, and law.

        The TIP was little more than a stop-gap measure, but it did provide a large number of Iraqi police with an introduction to modern police practices and some understanding of the nature of policing in a democratic society. The program was also used to verify the backgrounds and review the records of serving police officers, to remove those who were guilty of abuses, and to identify those who would benefit from additional training.