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Kurdistan Peshmerga ready to move to Anbar desert

PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:18 pm
Author: Anthea
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ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Ministry of Peshmerga in Kurdistan Region announced on Monday that its troops are ready to move towards the desert of Anbar and support the Iraqi troops in pursuit of al-Qaeda militants if Baghdad asked for their help.

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The Iraqi forces of the army and police have started a military campaign with the participation of a wide heavy machinery and military aircraft in the desert of Anbar province, adjacent to the Syrian border to hunt down al-Qaeda.

The campaign has been launched a few days ago when a prominent officer was killed by militant groups in the Iraqi army and a number of soldiers.

“Peshmarga forces are ready to participate in military operations carried out by Iraqi forces in Anbar desert, if requested by the federal government,” The Secretary General of the Ministry of Peshmerga in Kurdistan region, lieutenant general Jabbar Yawar said.

The Ministry of Peshmerga has offered on Baghdad last August to deploy its forces in the hot areas of the country, especially the capital within an initiative to restore missing stability in Iraq.

The initiative came after a dramatic escalation of violence in Iraq, that shows the big failure of Iraqi forces to maintain security.

Yawar said that his ministry did not have any orders or any agreements or any request from any party to move on any specific unit of Peshmerga forces from any area of Kurdistan region to any other area.

On the existence of the reports refer to the escape of a number of al-Qaeda militants from Anbar desert towards Hamrin mountain adjacent to Kurdistan,www.Ekurd.net Yawer said that Hamrin area ​​ is considered a haven for those groups since several years.

Yawar stressed that Peshmerga forces are now ready to "deter" any "terrorist" force want to inter to Kurdistan to carry out "terrorist" acts.

Iraq had relied on Peshmerga forces in Baghdad and other forces during the sectarian tensions a few years ago, as the Kurdish forces has received the population’s praise for its " Neutrality " and " professionalism."

The analysis say that the process of breaking into Abu Ghraib prison a period ago revealed that the Iraqi forces trained and armed by Washington that paid almost $ 25 billion and trained more than one million security component are "unable” to confront its enemies.

The coordinated attack waves that killed dozens of civilians have become part of the daily routine in Iraq in recent months.

The main defendant in most of these attacks is the local wing of al -Qaeda, which merged this year with Syrian wing and formed the " Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (al-Sham)", known as " Daash."

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Re: Kurdistan Peshmerga ready to move to Anbar desert

PostPosted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:58 am
Author: Londoner
No, they shouldn't. It is not our cupa tea. Bearing in mind that we can fight very well in our own environment but not in the desert. This can be interpreted as a move against Sunnies, which turns Sunie world against us. This is no longer a war against Alqaeda. During the last few days All Iraqi Arab Sunnies have turned against government because they think government conducts a war against Sunnies under the name of fighting terror. So it is not wise for us to involve. It is very risky.

Lets to be frank about another point. If Noory Malikey subdues Sunnies who can guarantee he will not turn on Kurds?