CPA Order 2

Aftermath

CPA Order 2 led to protests and rioting from former Iraqi soldiers with some threatening attacks on coalition forces if their demands were not met. At a protest in Baghdad on June 18th, 2003, two former Iraqi soldiers were shot dead by US soldiers as they were allegedly throwing rocks. In response to the protests Bremer disparaged the demands of the former Iraqi soldiers saying "they were thrown out of work by something called the freedom of Iraq".