IRAQ - Fight on Islamic State: News #1

sheytanelkebir wrote:Turkey urges citizens to leave Iraq, excluding Iraqi Kurdistan: foreign ministry

Ankara (AFP) - Turkey on Wednesday called on its citizens to leave all areas of Iraq, excluding Iraqi Kurdistan, due to increased security risks, the foreign ministry said.

"The scope of our travel warning to Iraq has expanded to include all provinces except for Dohuk, Arbil and Sulaymaniyah," all of which are in the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-urges-c...170447800.html
Turkey calls on Turkish citizens to leave all Iraqi territory not held by Barzani.

And, Barzani travels to Turkey.

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KRG leader Barzani arrives in Turkey, visits MİT headquarters

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani visited Turkey this week to hold talks with Turkish officials amid tensions between Turkey and Iraq over the deployment of Turkish troops in northern Iraq.

Barzani arrived in Ankara on Wednesday afternoon for a two-day official visit. Although it wasn't stated on the official schedule, the KRG leader paid his first visit to the National Intelligence Organization's (MİT) headquarters, Turkish media reported. He is expected to meet with MİT Undersecretary Hakan Fidan.

Barzani is scheduled to have bilateral talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu later in the day. Regional issues and the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are expected to be discussed during the meetings.

KRG president's visit to Turkey came amid the escalating tension between Ankara and Baghdad over the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraqi city of Mosul.

http://mobile.todayszaman.com/latest...rs_406499.html

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has won an appeal to overturn a ruling by the High Court which allowed Iraqi civilians to sue the ministry over allegations of illegal detention and mistreatment by British troops in Iraq.

Initially, Justice Leggatt ruled a limitation on civilian claims against the MoD would be suspended due to a time bar on civilians taking legal action in Iraq.

However, on Wednesday he ruled the limitation period was not suspended. The three appeal judges – Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson, with Lord Justice Tomlinson and Lord Justice Vos – made a unanimous decision.

Tomlinson explained the ruling related to the “Iraqi Civilian Litigation,” under which hundreds of Iraqis have filed claims in the English High Court against the MoD.

The Iraqi civilians are seeking compensation and damages for alleged unlawful detention and ill-treatment by British troops during the conflict, which began with the invasion of Iraq by a US-led coalition in 2003.

“The Department welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal as it serves to safeguard taxpayer interests in the face of hundreds of compensation claims which have appeared many years after the alleged incidents to which they refer,” an MoD spokesperson said.
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But Martyn Day, a representative from law firm Leigh Day, said the ruling presented an extra hurdle for Iraqis seeking justice.

“These cases are against the MoD, which has so far settled hundreds of claims by Iraqis who claimed they had been abused and wrongly detained during the period of British involvement in southern Iraq following the ill-fated war of 2003.

“This judgment puts up an additional technical hurdle for the remaining Iraqis who are looking to get justice for what happened to them.”

The extent of British involvement in Iraq is expected to be published in the summer of 2016 as the long-delayed Chilcot Inquiry report is made public.

The inquiry, set up to examine the legality and repercussions of the 2003 invasion, last took evidence in 2011 and has cost the taxpayer more than £10 million (US$15 million).

sheytanelkebir wrote:iraq cuts trade ties worth $11Bn per annum with turkey and goes to the UN

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-10/iraq-escalates-turkey-row-over-troops-to-un-security-council

KoTeMoRe wrote:

Militarov wrote:"Two months ago, first official flight of an Iraqi CH-4B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was performed during the visit of Defence Minister, Mr. Khaled al-Obeidi at al-Kut Air Base. On December 6th, a CH-4B from 100th Squadron was engaged for the first time in an airstrike in Ramadi destroying an artillery piece hidden in a factory. This gun was targeting Iraqi forces stationed at Palestine Bridge north of the city. On 25 November, with the support of the bombing of the international coalition led by the US, Iraqi security forces (ISF) and anti-terrorism forces regained Palestine bridge, which crosses the Euphrates. The video below show the FLIR of one of these drone targeting a gathering of ISIS fighters, western of the city of Ramadi, destroying one vehicle with an HG-10 ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile). Iraq ordered CH-4B to China, probably after the visit of Chinese foreign minister in February 2014. First batch was received on January 23rd, 2015."



Source: http://aerohisto.blogspot.fr/2015/12/first-airstrikes-for-iraqi-ch-4b-uav.html

Good for China and Iraq. This is a great step forward.

KiloGolf wrote:

KoTeMoRe wrote:

Militarov wrote:"Two months ago, first official flight of an Iraqi CH-4B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was performed during the visit of Defence Minister, Mr. Khaled al-Obeidi at al-Kut Air Base. On December 6th, a CH-4B from 100th Squadron was engaged for the first time in an airstrike in Ramadi destroying an artillery piece hidden in a factory. This gun was targeting Iraqi forces stationed at Palestine Bridge north of the city. On 25 November, with the support of the bombing of the international coalition led by the US, Iraqi security forces (ISF) and anti-terrorism forces regained Palestine bridge, which crosses the Euphrates. The video below show the FLIR of one of these drone targeting a gathering of ISIS fighters, western of the city of Ramadi, destroying one vehicle with an HG-10 ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile). Iraq ordered CH-4B to China, probably after the visit of Chinese foreign minister in February 2014. First batch was received on January 23rd, 2015."



Source: http://aerohisto.blogspot.fr/2015/12/first-airstrikes-for-iraqi-ch-4b-uav.html

Good for China and Iraq. This is a great step forward.

In fact Russians and Syrians should try and keep up and simply purchase a few of those.
They seem to get the job done on the cheap. I mean sure Mi 24P does have its place in this war, but an armed UAV like this will complement it nicely.

When it comes to cross-border smuggling and loitering time, this will do wonders in Syria.

kvs wrote:

par far wrote:100,000 foreign troops incl. Americans to be deployed in Iraq, MP claims

"During a meeting in Baghdad on November 27, McCain told Prime Minister Haider Abadi and a number of senior Iraqi cabinet and military officials that the decision was ‘non-negotiable’, claimed Hanan Fatlawi, the head of the opposition Irada Movement".

They should have told McCain to fuck and turned to Russia.



https://www.rt.com/news/325477-arab-army-iraq-plan/

There is no way Americans would support deployment on such a scale in of all places Iraq.   This is some sort of BS.

sheytanelkebir wrote:

There is no way Americans would support deployment on such a scale in of all places Iraq.   This is some sort of BS.

yes its nonsense. I think when it comes to Iraqi news one has to be careful not to repost stuff by hakim al zamili or hanan fatlawi as "fact" or "policy"... think of them more as "opinion" which are unlikely to be true.

sheytanelkebir wrote:yes its nonsense. I think when it comes to Iraqi news one has to be careful not to repost stuff by hakim al zamili or hanan fatlawi as "fact" or "policy"... think of them more as "opinion" which are unlikely to be true.

Kadmos45 wrote:

sheytanelkebir wrote:

There is no way Americans would support deployment on such a scale in of all places Iraq.   This is some sort of BS.

yes its nonsense. I think when it comes to Iraqi news one has to be careful not to repost stuff by hakim al zamili or hanan fatlawi as "fact" or "policy"... think of them more as "opinion" which are unlikely to be true.

Yeah, nothing more than another Johnny McQaida fantasies.

Old fart thinks he is US president since 2008

KiloGolf wrote:US doesn't need any major deployment as they have KRG peshmerga as their boots in the ground. The question is how long will the Barzani regime hold? If him and his guys leave office there's chance KRG and central government in Baghdad will re-approach and stop smuggling IS oil to Erdogan.

So far KRG has been a silent yet efficient IS enabler. Which is pathetic.

godric wrote:he should just admit his real name is actually O'Bama Bin Laden he has supported more terrorist (islamists) scumbags than any other US president in history and that is saying something and even backing Nazi filth in 404

sheytanelkebir wrote:turkish forces begin withdrawing from ninawa province. this comes on the back of a meeting between the US ambassador and hadi al ameri who is head of badr brigades and a top commander in the iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces.

I wonder what went on in that discussion to get the Turks moving?

sheytanelkebir wrote:I wonder what went on in that discussion to get the Turks moving?

JohninMK wrote:So, the Saudi 'coalition' against ISIS might not have the support of Iraq. So how is it going to be able to fight ISIS in Iraq without a UNSC resolution? Makes a bit of a problem getting to 'ISIS' in Syria as well.

According to an Iraqi lawmaker, the Saudi-led coalition is pursuing its own separate goals in the fight against Daesh and Baghdad will most likely refuse joining it.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Iraq will most likely not join the Saudi-led coalition in the fight against Daesh (the Islamic State), a terrorist orgamization prohibited in many countries including the United States and Russia, a member from the Iraqi Parliament’s Security Committee told Sputnik on Tuesday.

“I think that Iraq will refuse to join this coalition because it is going after its own goals <…>The Iraqi Parliament, as well as its largest party the Iraqi National Alliance, will undoubtedly call on the government not to join this coalition and not support it in any way,” Majid al-Gharaoui said.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151215/1031775231/iraq-sauid-daesh.html#ixzz3uOtRBfG0

DerWolf wrote:

JohninMK wrote:So, the Saudi 'coalition' against ISIS might not have the support of Iraq. So how is it going to be able to fight ISIS in Iraq without a UNSC resolution? Makes a bit of a problem getting to 'ISIS' in Syria as well.

According to an Iraqi lawmaker, the Saudi-led coalition is pursuing its own separate goals in the fight against Daesh and Baghdad will most likely refuse joining it.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Iraq will most likely not join the Saudi-led coalition in the fight against Daesh (the Islamic State), a terrorist orgamization prohibited in many countries including the United States and Russia, a member from the Iraqi Parliament’s Security Committee told Sputnik on Tuesday.

“I think that Iraq will refuse to join this coalition because it is going after its own goals <…>The Iraqi Parliament, as well as its largest party the Iraqi National Alliance, will undoubtedly call on the government not to join this coalition and not support it in any way,” Majid al-Gharaoui said.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151215/1031775231/iraq-sauid-daesh.html#ixzz3uOtRBfG0

Hmm, something tells me this coalition has to do with the news we read a week ago about 100.000 troops to be send in Iraq.