IRAQ - Fight on Islamic State: News #1

zg18 wrote:

ExBeobachter1987 wrote:

Militarov wrote:Iraq cuts off wages in Islamic State controlled cities.... what da hell? It took them this long to do that???

Better late than never.

I do not support this , Baghdad needs to pay it`s obligations and show people this is temporary situation. Russia also never cut off Chechnya from central budget and won grudging respect from part of Chechens.

zg18 wrote:

ExBeobachter1987 wrote:

Militarov wrote:Iraq cuts off wages in Islamic State controlled cities.... what da hell? It took them this long to do that???

Better late than never.

I do not support this , Baghdad needs to pay it`s obligations and show people this is temporary situation. Russia also never cut off Chechnya from central budget and won grudging respect from part of Chechens.

ExBeobachter1987 wrote:Daesh is a greater threat to Iraq than Ichkeria was to Russia and after the oil prices crushed Baghdad should prioritize the well-being of the ones who fight for it rather than punishing them with budget cuts.

sepheronx wrote:

ExBeobachter1987 wrote:

zg18 wrote:

ExBeobachter1987 wrote:

Militarov wrote:Iraq cuts off wages in Islamic State controlled cities.... what da hell? It took them this long to do that???

Better late than never.

I do not support this , Baghdad needs to pay it`s obligations and show people this is temporary situation. Russia also never cut off Chechnya from central budget and won grudging respect from part of Chechens.

Daesh is a greater threat to Iraq than Ichkeria was to Russia and after the oil prices crushed Baghdad should prioritize the well-being of the ones who fight for it rather than punishing them with budget cuts.

What are Iraq's other sources of an economy besides the oil industry?

zg18 wrote:

ExBeobachter1987 wrote:Daesh is a greater threat to Iraq than Ichkeria was to Russia and after the oil prices crushed Baghdad should prioritize the well-being of the ones who fight for it rather than punishing them with budget cuts.

You do have a point here , still...

George1 wrote:what is the coordination level between baghdad government and Iraqi Kurdistan administration against ISIS?

Iraqi prime minister says he would ‘welcome’ Russian airstrikes in Iraq.

A Joint Anti-ISIL Information Center is Opening in Baghdad

The agreement between Russia, Syria, Iran and Iraq on the creation of an information center to coordinate the fight against ISIL in Baghdad has received an extensive amount of media coverage in Iraq. As for the legal aspect of this step, local legal experts are convinced that the creation of such an entity doesn’t require the approval of the national Parliament, since the information center lies in the jurisdiction of the General Staff of Iraqi armed forces.

A number of Iraqi political figures and experts have already voiced their approval of this step since this center will be in the lead in the domain of accumulating and analyzing all information about the state of the fight against ISIL to provide the four above mentioned states with the most accurate information possible. Thus, the deputy head of al-Anbar province stated that the government welcomes any regional and international efforts that would allow Iraq to eliminate the jihadi threat.

Chairman of the Committee on Defense and Security of the Parliament also believes that the four states will be able put an end to ISIL faster than the “failed international coalition led by the United States”. He stated that he believes in Russia as a partner and as a political player that will continue supporting Iraq.

According to the Sawt al-Iraq electronic journal, this brainchild of the four countries will help Baghdad in its fight against terrorism and ISIL. According to this media source the joint effort may lead to a qualitative shift in the strengthening of Iraq and the stabilization of the entire Middle East region.

A local politician and journalist Muhammad Abdul Jabbar al-Shabut, who spent decades abroad while opposing the previous Iraqi regime, believes that there’s some major shifts to be observed in the Middle East that can be attributed to Russia’s involvement in the course of events. The Russian Federation is among the states that are creating the information center in Baghdad. All the founder states, except for Iraq, have not been a part of the US-led coalition, therefore Iraq can play a role as a bridge that connects the East and West in the fight against Islamists.

Muhammad Abdul Jabbar al-Shabut is convinced that Russia is moving much quicker than the United States, since it’s a common belief in Iraq that the international coalition headed by Washington has been fighting ISIL in a lethargic fashion, therefore, the four above mentioned states have a chance to “lead by example”.

Events in the region in recent weeks, according to the Iraqi expert, have been developing at a faster pace than before, while an increasing number of Western leaders have changed their positions on the role that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can play in the future.

This Iraqi journalist has recently noted that there’s a growing sense of terrorist danger in the world, and an Iranian-Russian-American rapprochement can save the world from a new Nazi-like threat that is hiding under the disguise of fighting for Islam.

Yuri Zinin, Senior Research Fellow at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), exclusively for the  online magazine  “New Eastern Outlook”.

First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/04/a-joint-anti-isisl-information-center-is-opening-in-baghdad/

sheytanelkebir wrote:Russian participation in Iraq is quite inevitable really. But it won't happen until they iron out the Air Traffic Control issues with the western Coallition who are operating over Iraqi Airspace.

As it stands today Iraqi airspace is simply cut up into several small "zones" and Iraqi aircraft are restricted to fly combat and recon operations in only certain areas at certain times by the USAF. In several instances there have been skirmishes when individual Iraqi SU-25 pilots disregarded the "zones" and attacked ISIS outside the allowed airspace for Iraqi aircraft... naturally those attacks had the most spectacular results and were roundly condemned by the US media... e.g. the bombing of the ISIS operated oil refinery and fuel trucks in Qayara south of Mosul...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwTK7WRRWwc

After all this time it seems the US restricted airspace has been more about protecting Daesh from Iraqi airstrikes than about managing strikes. Of course the US does strike Daesh if they attempt to attack Kurds... So the US is simply "funelling" the ISIS degenerates to attack only the Shia Iraqis and slap them on the wrist for attacking Kurds.

Russia will consider extending its air strikes against militants in Syria to Iraq if it receives such a request from Baghdad, the RIA news agency quoted the head of the country's upper chamber of parliament as saying on Tuesday.

The speaker, Valentina Matviyenko, said Russia had so far not received such a request from the Iraqi government.