Abadi formally request US troops on the ground and supported al-Maliki step for the first time
Abadi formally request US troops on the ground and supported al-Maliki step for the first time
Posted 18/01/2016 10:44 PM
The Iraqi government made after the silence lasted weeks, a formal request to the United States of America for the use of special forces hunting organization and its leaders on its territory. The request of the Government Abadi, according to the security committee in parliament, it came after the government and the parliamentary agreement on the participation of US special force, taken from aircraft carriers or bases in a starting point for its military operations area, this agreement met with opposition from some parliamentarians who have requested a meeting to re-examine him. The agreement spokesman for the central government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi, adding that the task force has coordinated with Baghdad about combat operations against the organization, and they are not ground forces will include a limited number of fighters Special Tasks, and its role will focus on air support and monitor the movement of elements and leaders Daash, as well as the targeting of their supplies and military Ortalem and control the border with Syria. According to parliamentary sources about the confirmation of the Pentagon and the announcement by the Minister of Defense Ashton Carter about the arrival of troops to Iraq, that those forces will not be deployed inside the country, but It will be in the surrounding bases its mission to launch a private and accurate operations against Daash coordination and cooperation with the Iraqi forces. For his part, called on former Deputy Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in an apparent change of position, to increase the American and international support for Iraq during a meeting with the US ambassador in Baghdad, Stuart Jones. A statement by Maliki’s office that Jones pledged to continue American support for Baghdad in all fields, especially the military to confront the organization “Daash”, and humanitarian assistance to the displaced.
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