@misc{7320, keywords = {force protection standards, lessons learned, mission command, training}, author = {Valeri Ratchev and Todor Tagarev}, title = {What needs to be done to avoid a repetition of ‘Karbala 2003’? (in Bulgarian)}, abstract = {Ten years after the lethal attack on the Bulgarian contingent’s base in Karbala, Iraq, and on the occasion of the declassification of the defence ministry commission’s report on the case, the authors formulate key problems that need to be resolved in order to avoid similar tragedies in the future, i.e. to focus training of the armed forces, and their overall development, on modern operations, to introduce effectively the norms and practices of mission command, to adhere to the modern standards for protecting forces on mission, and to create an effective unit for analysis and formulation of lessons learned.}, year = {2014}, journal = {CSDM Views}, number = {25}, month = {January 2014}, publisher = {Centre for Security and Defence Management}, address = {Sofia}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11610/views.0025}, language = {eng}, }