Pentagon: Daash seized 2,500 military vehicles and military sales to Iraq 10 billion dollars
Pentagon: Daash seized 2,500 military vehicles and military sales to Iraq 10 billion dollars
Posted 23/10/2014 08:52 AM
The United States said it had destroyed a number of tanks -ogelbha American Alsna- already been captured by a group Daash in Iraq, said that while the organization “Daash” retains the capability Kberh.tkdr 2500 about a variety of military vehicles
American officials said the air strikes were continuing to destroy “Daash” in Iraq and Syria, where the targeted tanks or PT and armored personnel carriers and artillery had already seized by the organization “Daash” of the Iraqi army last June.
He did not mention Gen. Lloyd Austin, head of the Central Command of the United States, the number of tanks and wheeled combat that were destroyed by air strikes, but officials said the American military speculates takeover Daash 2,500 armored between tanks or Pty NBC, and wheels Humvee pedestrian, the rules of the Iraqi army in the city of Mosul.
General acknowledged the difficulties that stand in the way of re-organizing and training the Iraqi army, which collapsed five teams at least during the attack Daash.
He says Austin, “The campaign to destroy Daash will take time and will be setbacks between now and then, especially in these early stages of the campaign that we through training and advising forces actively working to restore capabilities after years of neglect and poor leadership.”
In a related context revealed. ministry spokesman Admiral John Kirby that “the value of aid to the Iraqi armed forces since the beginning of 2014 is the most important for the United States.”
Included aid sales and 600 million dollars worth of ammunition and equipment for Abrams tanks and 500 million value of the equipment and parts for helicopters, and 700 million value of 500 rockets land of Joe Hill Fire model. It also included a $ 101 million value of the transfer mechanism 200 Humvees and 90 million value of the balloons and monitoring devices of the type Ayurstate and 790 million value of 24 fighter aircraft ITN 6.
The aid also included 700 million dollars worth of four observation towers equipped with radars and 4.8 billion dollars worth of helicopter 24 fighter jets and Apache 1.3 billion dollars and cut support programs and service 24 Apache helicopter.
In the meantime, senior American officials said that any Iraqi request to send more American military advisers to assist the Iraqi security forces in its campaign to organize Daash will be under study.
The United States has about 1,400 military advisors and members of the security of diplomats in Iraq. Senior officials in the American administration that, based on discussions with the Iraqis, American officials looking how to take advantage of advisers and whether there is more to be done in the field of training.
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