A senior American military commander does not rule out takeover «Daash» on Baghdad
A senior American military commander does not rule out takeover «Daash» on Baghdad
10.15.2014 12:40 PM
Orbit – Jerusalem Arab / reject US military official exclude the possibility of the fall of Baghdad in the hands of gunmen organizing «Daash» terrorist, saying that «confidence incomplete» in the ability of the Iraqi army to defend the city against possible attack of the organization. confirmed Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Staff of the Army George told reporters at the Association of the United States Army that «the military capability exists to defend Baghdad, but we control what how things will in the coming days». For his part, the chief of the Civil Aviation Authority in Iraq Samer Kubba news circulating about shootouts in the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport west of Baghdad. told reporters «no truth to these reports and air traffic since the morning running normally and the Baghdad airport is locked and there are no manifestations of armed abnormal». He added «no gunmen near the airport». was Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said the militants «Daash» stand at a distance from Baghdad to allow them to bomb it, and not more than twenty kilometers from the airport. , but promised that the United States will defend the airport, where troops are stationed American and said: «We need to airport .. will not allow that to happen». Meanwhile held Military commanders for 22 countries in the international coalition against al Daash Tuesday meeting in Washington to determine strategy in Iraq and Syria, after more than two months on the air strikes began. systems and Gen. Martin Dempsey, this emergency meeting at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland (east) suburb of the federal capital. On the other hand, accused Sen. Marco Rubio, President Barack Obama that paid domestic politics in its approach to fight «Daash». said potential presidential candidate said the White House appeared in the recent period as if he came reluctantly to deal with this issue in the late more than they should. in this Meanwhile, reports said the journalist received from Washington that the advisers Americans and put in front of President Barack Obama and the Iraqi government preliminary estimates indicated the need for Iraq to a full year at least to the formation of what has become known as the troop «National Guard» and trained and armed, and that the country up to that time will be subject to the risk of expansion «Daash», and the collapse of the forces Iraqi official. clarified reports that advisers Americans suggested the formation of a military band, at least in every Iraqi province, especially in Sunni areas that fall under the control of «Daash», of the people of the province themselves, but such a procedure needs to be legislation, legal is still behind, and steps to logistics on the ground and camps, alternative mechanisms for the leadership of the new regulations. on the other hand, the United Nations announced the displacement (180) thousand Iraqis spend «white», west of the city of Ramadi, Anbar province, a result of attacks by al «Daash» terrorist. According to a spokeswoman for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, «Melissa Fleming», in a press conference the United Nations Office in Geneva, that the wave of new displacement is the fourth in terms of volume, during the current year, and came after the control of the organization, and groups associated with it, the elimination of which Just 180 km from Baghdad, late last week, noting that the displaced have gone to other areas in the province of Anbar. Elsewhere MP said the Iraqi province of Basra (south), Mohammed al-Tai Tuesday that 27 deputies have made a request to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives Iraq, demanding the transfer of the province to the federal region, and increase their allocations from the proceeds of oil resources. added al-Tai, who belongs to the «coalition of state law», which is headed by Vice President Nouri al-Maliki, that among the demands increase the percentage allocated to the province of Basra from oil revenues, calling to allocate a specific budget for the implementation of these demands. warned al-Tai of Basra witnessed large demonstrations, adding that it will not stop if it is not the implementation of these demands, and stressing at the same time that these demands not many, and it is possible to implement. , Basra is Iraq’s second city after the province Anbar, located in the far south of Iraq, on the western bank of the Shatt al-Arab, a waterway that the crossing consists of a confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates in Qurna, and about 545 kilometers from the capital Baghdad.
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