The Iraqi Special Operations Forces are a group of Elite soldiers created in 2003 by the Coalition. This force, who draws the majority of its personnel from Kurdish and Shia Iraqis, was initially trained by US special forces in Jordan, and as a result sports much of the same tactics and equipment as their US counter parts. Given the Secular nature of the conflict in Iraq there have been, and are constant fears that this mostly Kurdish/Shia force would follow the pattern set by other Iraqi
forces
of persecuting Sunnis. However given the highly professional Nature of
this force incidents that are, and were endemic of the Iraqi National Police, and secular Iraqi Army Units are largley absent from this unit.
