[Centraal] Irak en IS #122 Mukhtar Army critizes ISF

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EzidiPress twitterde op woensdag 04-03-2015 om 16:15:55 #Breaking: large #Peshmerga force (70-PUK/120), led by commander Jawad, arrived in #Shingal and starts an offensive against ISIS reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 4 maart 2015 18:32 schreef SgtPorkbeans het volgende:
Die gast van de Republiekeinse Garde van Iran deed ook mee toch?

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Op woensdag 4 maart 2015 19:12 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:

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Soleimani vecht zelf niet mee, hij reist door Syri� en Irak om de troepen bij te sturen.

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Op woensdag 4 maart 2015 16:42 schreef Montana_ir het volgende:

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Tikrit:

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علي بركات | نشيد - قاسم سليماني | Ali Barakat

أوبريت سلمان منا ( الجنرال قاسم سليماني ) 2015

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Op woensdag 4 maart 2015 18:32 schreef SgtPorkbeans het volgende:
Die gast van de Republiekeinse Garde van Iran deed ook mee toch?

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Op woensdag 4 maart 2015 22:33 schreef PizzaMizza het volgende:

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oritperlov twitterde op woensdag 04-03-2015 om 22:30:43 RT @shiapulse: Badr Organization sapper Abd al-Karim Abd al-Aziz killed near #Iraq's #Tikrit. Via @farsnews http://t.co/MisCnsYp5i reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 4 maart 2015 23:09 schreef PizzaMizza het volgende:
BREEK: De kerstman joint de Iraakse milities in hun gevecht tegen ISIS[/b]

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مقاتلين الكبار السن الحشد الشعبي | لن تشيب الهمم!

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L0gg0l twitterde op woensdag 04-03-2015 om 23:57:45 BREAKING - CONVOY OF 60 IRANIAN TANKS HAVE ENTERED IRAQ, HEADING TOWARDS TIKRIT -- WITNESSES AT BORDER CROSSING reageer retweet

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L0gg0l twitterde op woensdag 04-03-2015 om 23:59:44 WITNESSES AT KHANAQIN BORDER CROSSING SAY IRANIAN CONVOY INCLUDES TANKS, ARTILLERY AND MOUNTED ROCKET LAUNCHERS reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 09:21 schreef Peunage het volgende:
Dat van die Iraanse Tanks heb ik maanden geleden al gelezen

Ik wacht nog op een officieel bericht.

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 01:43 schreef PizzaMizza het volgende:

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Heb deze vaak langs zien komen afgelopen 2/3uur. En dan durven mensen nog te zeggen dat Iran geen directe invloed heeft op Irak.

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 10:18 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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officieel moet poetin ook nog bevestigen dat ze in oost oekraine aanwezig zijn, daarnaast werd de aanwezigheid op het krim ontkent door de russen tot het moment van annexatie voltooid was, dus tja een "officiele" bericht kunnen we lang op wachten

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 10:30 schreef Peunage het volgende:

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Goed verhaal. Alleen daar waren gewoon beelden van. En een hele andere situatie.

Ik wacht nog even op de beelden van 60(!!!) Iraanse tanks die van Khanaqin naar Tikrit willen rijden. Wat niet eens bij elkaar in de buurt ligt of zo, 250 Km van elkaar af. Als die ongemerkt in Tikrit aankomen vreet ik mijn schoenen op.

Nogmaals, deze berichten hoor ik regelmatig. Ze worden verspreid door boze soennieten die dan kunnen zeggen "zie je wel, die sjiieten in het zuiden zijn verraders, hurdurdurdurdurdur".

Maak je niet druk, Iran gaat Irak niet annexeren.

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US says Iranian hand in Iraq could turn out well

WASHINGTON / BAGHDAD

Iran’s direct support for an Iraqi push to dislodge the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group from the northern city of Tikrit could turn out to be “a positive thing” if it does not inflame sectarian tensions, the top U.S. general has said.

The statement by Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on March 3 reflected the delicate balance Washington is trying to strike between limiting Iranian influence and allowing Iraqi leaders to determine their own path to defeating ISIL.

U.S. officials have said Iraq did not ask the U.S. to provide air support for the Tikrit offensive, even though the U.S.-led military coalition has been conducting airstrikes in much of Iraq since August and has deployed hundreds of U.S. soldiers to try to regenerate an Iraqi army that collapsed last June, The Associated Press reported.

Dempsey said Iran and its proxies have been operating inside Iraq since 2004, but the Tikrit campaign signals a new level of involvement.

“This is the most overt conduct of Iranian support, in the form of artillery and other things,” Dempsey said in response to questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “Frankly, it will only be a problem if it results in sectarianism.”

The Iraqi army said March 4 that its strategy for retaking the jihadist stronghold of Tikrit is to surround the city before launching an assault.

On March 2, the Iraqi security forces and a variety of allied fighting units launched the biggest ground operation yet against the Islamic State group in Iraq.

Backed by jets and helicopters, the 30,000-strong force is moving in from three main directions, their progress slowed by suicide bombers, sniper fire and booby traps.

A senior commander said operations were currently focused on preventing IS from launching more attacks and cutting supply lines to stop reinforcements and weapons from reaching Tikrit.

The next step will be to “surround the towns completely, suffocate them and then pounce on them,” Lieutenant General Abdel Amir al-Zaidi told AFP.

Iraqi forces have yet to retake Ad-Dawr and Al-Alam, towns south and north of Tikrit respectively which command access to the city.

“Our forces are advancing gradually, although slowed by roadside bombs and sniper fire,” another lieutenant general involved in the operation said.

March/04/2015

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 10:39 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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iraan is al full aanwezig in irak, dus wat zijn 60 tanks nou?

daarnaast wil ook graag beelden zien

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Turkey will help Iraq retake Mosul, Prime Minister Davutoğlu vows

Turkey is willing to support a possible operation to reclaim Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), but it will avoid any direct combat unless it is attacked on its own soil, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on route to the United States on March 4.

“We would support Mosul, but we will not engage in direct combat. We will only respond if there is a direct attack on Turkey. We possess both the potential and the might for that,” Davutoğlu told reporters, adding that Turkey would “back groups supported by the people” and considered Atheel al-Nujaif to be the legitimate elected governor of Mosul.

Commenting on preparations to take Iraq’s second largest city back from ISIL, mainly conducted by the Iraqi army, Davutoğlu outlined Turkey’s “four basic policies on Iraq,” with the central government in its southern neighbor being Ankara’s number one priority “for the sake of Iraq’s sustainability.”

The second policy is the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, he said, again highlighting that the Turkish army was continuing to support the Peshmerga, the fighters of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

The third policy is the security of Turkmens in the country, while the fourth is working to avert further Sunni-Shiite clashes in Mosul, Davutoğlu stated.

Throughout all four policies, Turkey prioritizes the sustainability of areas close to its borders, he said.

“For example, if [KRG capital] Arbil fell [to ISIL] this would be problem for us in terms of national security. Places close to the border must not be under the threat of terror,” he said.

The prime minister also warned against Shiite militia replacing ISIL militants in Iraq when the latter are gone, as is also the case in Syria. The U.S.-led coalition does not prioritize such issues, but Turkey should back the coalition in a manner that envisions “one step beyond,” he said.

“The coalition says, let’s clean up DEASH [ISIL] and then we will look at what to do;” he said, using the Arabic abbreviation of the jihadist group.

“This is a wrong strategy. The fire is at our border and it is us that it burns the most,” he said, adding that “some intelligence organizations” wanted the clashes and chaos to continue.

Davutoğlu said Turkey has been insisting on a train-and-equip program for three years, but it has only just been accepted by Western countries for fighting against jihadists.

“The international community now agrees on what we were saying three years ago. Over this three year period, DEASH has become rooted in the region. If the moderate Syrian opposition had been supported three years ago, then DEASH would not have been able to reach such a point,” he said, calling on the international community not to force the Syrian people to make a choice between the “barbarism of the regime and DEASH.”

The Syrian regime is supported by Russia in terms of arms, while ISIL holds U.S. guns seized in Iraq, he observed.

“The moderate opposition has only light weapons. Considering this situation, their struggle seems very successful,” Davutoğlu stated.

Meanwhile, the prime minister also touched on the recent evacuation of Turkey’s military personnel protecting the historic Tomb of S�leyman Şah, as well as the artifacts in the mausoleum in a Feb. 21 overnight operation jointly conducted by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). He said it “sent a message that Turkey may go 40 kilometers into Syrian soil immediately whenever it wants to.”

He also said Turkey was willing to take on the Syrian military, “if the Syrian regime threaten us, even with only one bullet.”

March/05/2015

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ISIL destroys Islamic civilization, Turkish President Erdoğan says

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is trying to destroy everything in Islamic culture, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, likening its acts to the burning of 36 libraries in Baghdad during the Abbasid era by the Mongols, and the burning of 1 million Islamic books in Andalusia upon an order by a Spanish cardinal.

“Today, a terrorist organization active in Syria and Iraq is taking the same path, trying to destroy everything in our civilization, culture and roots,” Erdoğan said during the opening of a classical arts exhibition in Istanbul, referring to ISIL.

“A library in Mosul, which was holding 8,000 rare works, was unfortunately set alight by the organization. A similar thing was also practiced in Timbuctoo [in Mali, Western Africa],” he said.

“Our civilization has managed to sustain its existence against all such cultural massacres and attempted genocides. God willing, we will continue to do so,” Erdoğan said.

“Our civilization attaches a great importance to knowledge and learning, books and libraries,” he said, adding that the Prophet Muhammad preached that Muslims must keep learning until the last day of their life.

“Maybe it was the Chinese who discovered paper, but it was our ancestors who used it deservedly and then took it to the West and other places,” he said.

In his speech, Erdoğan thanked Mehmet �ebi, the curator of the exhibition, its sponsor Doğuş Holding, the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Academy and the Istanbul Art Museum Foundation, for their contributions to the exhibition.

The show was organized by the Islam and Culture Arts platform and includes precious calligraphic works of Quranic verses, in addition to other artifacts.

President Erdoğan also revealed that a large center for Islamic artifacts would be opened on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, alongside the under-construction mosque on �amlıca Hill.

A 5 million-book library will also be opened inside the gargantuan new presidential palace in Ankara, he also stated.

March/04/2015

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 10:45 schreef Peunage het volgende:

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Ja? Hoeveel duizenden Irani�rs zijn er al?

Dat er een Iraanse generaal en adviseurs zijn is al bekend. Op verzoek van Irak zelf. Zo zijn er ook Westerse militairen, adviseurs, etc. aanwezig.

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 10:52 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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je hebt geen duizenden mensen nodig om een land te runnen gewoon de juiste mensen op de juiste plekken

invloed van iran wordt steeds groter en groter, maar idd ook duitsland heeft wapens gestuurd, dus invloed van duitsland wordt ook steeds groter

net asl syrie zakt irak ook verder weg in het iraanse moeras

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 10:57 schreef Peunage het volgende:

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Oke man, wat jij wilt. Dan nog liever een Iraans moeras dan een Turks of Wahhabitisch moeras. Er zijn op dit moment miljoenen Irakese vrijwilligers die bereid zijn tegen IS te vechten en hun land en steden te redden. Als jij er beter van slaapt door ze Irani�rs te noemen of te zeggen dat ze door Iran worden gerund, dat is prima

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 10:49 schreef Slayage het volgende:
lijkt alsof erdo de publieke opinie aan het voorbereiden is op mogelijke stappentegen isis

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ValkryV twitterde op donderdag 05-03-2015 om 11:14:07 #Irak'ta �len #İran'lı askerlerin cenazeleri via @IraqSurveys http://t.co/xHnnKW2LYM reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 5 maart 2015 13:09 schreef Aloulu het volgende:
In Irak hebben ze geen Iraniers nodig. Ze hebben zelf genoeg mankracht om ISIS aan te kunnen, zeker na een fatwa van Sistani. De sjitische milities moeten slechts goed geleidt worden en daar komt Iraanse kennis en hulp (van bovenaf dus ipv onderop oftewel simpele militiaren) bij kijken.
Bashar heeft wel niet-Syrische militiaren hard nodig; oftewel sjitische milities aangestuurd vanuit Iran. Irak met de sjia-milities is dus slechts een opstapje om daarna verder Bashar te gaan helpen. Zodra Irak weer redelijk onder controle is - kwestie van tijd - en ISIS' grote gevaar geweken gaan een deel van die milities middels Iraanse hulp richting Damascus om Assad bij te staan. Het is daarom vanaf het begin al duidelijk voor mij dat ondanks de blitzkrieg van ISIS en inname van Mosul ze op de middellange termijn een verloren oorlog uitvechten en juist zichzelf in de been schieten. Soennieten in Irak zijn maar 20% en zelfs daarvan hebben ze niet alle steun, sjieten zijn er veel meer en zijn stukken georganiseerder zeker wanneer het het gevaar van ISIS betreft. En ze hebben dan nog een regionale grootmacht en buurman die alles kan overnemen en nogal wat kennis en kracht tegenaan kan gooien; Iran.