Officers complain about the lack of military support: the allocation of 120 rounds per day for each soldier
Officers complain about the lack of military support: the allocation of 120 rounds per day for each soldier
09/02/2015 (18:34)
Baghdad / term
Dozens of Shiite factions battling al “Daash” inside Iraq, the government is launching the name “popular crowd”, and has the advantages of elements not owned by the government security forces, and today criticizes the officers and soldiers in the army this but they do not deny the need for them.
Today there are six major Shi’ite factions fighting on the ground is the “League of the Righteous” and “Badr” and “Peace Brigades” and “Party of God” and “Nagaba” and “messianic Brigades” in addition to dozens of small groups that fall under the command of these militias.
nor no official statistics on the number of elements of the “popular crowd”, but unofficial statistics confirm that the number ranges between 60-90 thousand fighters.
reporter “Talk” spoke with officers in the Iraqi army on the Shiite factions that are involved in the fight against the organization “Daash” after the fall of Mosul However, the organization, in terms of weaponry, management and leadership, and the advantages they enjoy.
In the tenth of June fell city of Mosul, however, “Daash” and one day after the city of Tikrit, also fell, and defeated an army of four military divisions, namely, (2,3,4,12,18) and numbering about 70 thousand soldiers and officers, according to the Ministry of Defence documents after the incident.
After the fall of Mosul three days issued a Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani is jihad, and began forming irregular militias and their mission to stop the advance of the organization “Daash” to the capital Baghdad and the southern provinces, and actually succeeded in its mission and got a great popularity among the Shiite population.
Capt. Mohammed al-Saadi, who works within a brigade of the Iraqi army in Salahuddin province, says the “debate” that “popular crowd” forces possess more effective and sophisticated weapons, army weapons, and that its members receive salary soldier in the $ 600 the army a month. ”
In the battles fought by the army and Shiite militias against “Daash” in Salah al-Din, was always there comma borders between the two parties, they do not always fight together, and in some battles Limited held jointly by the Army noted that the Shiite factions possess new weapons better than weapons.
The most prominent of these weapons, says Capt Saadi Cannon (106) which is an Iranian industry resembles the Russian cannon, and there is also a mortar (120 mm) and (82 mm) and (60 mm different spaces) and all Iranian industry, They also have American weapons they got from the government notably sniper type “Steiner” gun (m 16).
nor militias possess military vehicles Humvee or tank owned by the army, wheeled medium-sized type and content themselves with (pick up) are carrying weapons left over, which is Best of tanks, because the majority of the battles with the organization “Daash” is a war of the streets between residential neighborhoods and buildings.
Everyone imagines that the Iraqi army is the main force fighting organization “Daash” The Shiite militias to help him, but the reality on the ground suggests that the army has no authority over the militias that choose their own decisions, says Saadi.
He adds, “the popular crowd forces are also not working jointly, for example Ahl al-Haq does not work with Saraya peace, but each work individually, and sometimes you get some of the problems between them over control of the areas. ”
Also, “Saraya peace” of the Sadrist militia withdrew from the city of Samarra in October, while this city was in dire need of military support, because days on withdrawal after, the organization “Daash” attacking Samarra.
There confidential information says that the senior officers in the “Iranian Revolutionary Guards” are driving most of the Shiite militias operations with the help of Iraqi leaders have good relations with Iran, including Hadi al-Ameri, leader of the organization “Badr,” Qais al-Khazali, who leads the “League of the Righteous,” and Abu Mahdi Engineer . Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, has seen great battles between Shi’ite militias and between the organization “Daash”, while the army is essential in these battles, says Army Col. Jassim Almamori.
works Colonel Almamori within a cohort army deployed in the district of “pure” in Diyala, and says that his soldiers disgruntled work in the army, and many of them prefer to work with the Shiite militias and leave the army.
and enjoys militia great features, most notably the elements leave be in accordance with the full ten days working system, in exchange for a full ten days leave, but the soldier and officer in the army employs more than 20 full days in exchange for a full seven days only.
On the other differences that militia members, whether in the front line against “Daash” or the rear lines have sophisticated weapons and could use an unlimited number of bullets, the soldiers in the army are giving them 120 bullet just there difficulty in providing more bullets per soldier, says Colonel Almamori.
But the most important difference lies in that the militia members are not exposed to punishment if they withdrew from the battle or committed pursuant wrong, as they act individually do not respect the security forces, while a soldier in the army exposed sanctions in the event of committing errors, such as cutting the salary and take down his military rank.
These differences encourage soldiers to resign from work in the army and join to work with the Shiite factions, says Colonel Almamori who preferred number of soldiers to join the militias.
in Anbar province in western Iraq, controlled organization ” Daash “on most of the major cities, with the exception of the cities of Ramadi, Haditha, engaged Shiite militias in the fight against” Daash “in a small neighboring cities between Baghdad and al-Anbar, a vine and Saqlawiyah, and aim to prevent” Daash “access to Baghdad.
He says the officer Amjad Rahim, and holds the rank of lieutenant in the Army located in Anbar’s “Talk”, “The popular crowd forces operate separately from the army, and they do not trust us so much, and carry out attacks against Daash in secret and without our knowledge.”
owns militia intelligence system of its own and an administrative system and Tzlyahya looks like a force in the military system but do not want to share information with him a lot, does not allow the army sometimes participate in the battles waged by militias against “Daash” also does not allow him to enter areas controlled by the “militia.”
In spite of these differences between the elements of Shiite militias and the army But these three officers contend that the militias had an important role in stopping the “Daash,” The militia freed many of the areas controlled by the militant group in Salah al-Din, Diyala and Anbar.
But the main reason for the strength of the Shiite militias are religious belief held by its members, because All elements of the Shiites, who are considered war and sacred religious duty and carrying religious flags during the battles, and this pushes dozens of them to carry out attacks is thought to result in their deaths.
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