Baghdad is considering a request from Washington to spread, especially in Anbar Jordanian ground forces
Baghdad is considering a request from Washington to spread, especially in Anbar Jordanian ground forces
24-12-2014 04:34 PM
High-level sources in the local government in Anbar province, revealed in a press statement, seen by the (news), the US Department of Defense sent yesterday military ground force of 300 military Bmadrathm, and three helicopters of the type of ‘Apache’ to Ein al-Asad Air Base in the vicinity of hand-Baghdadi Ramadi, the provincial capital, to strengthen the defenses of the Iraqi forces in the face of Islamist al Daash attacks.
The sources, who asked not to be identified, said the goal of the American reinforcements is to prevent the fall of Ein al-Asad base, however, ‘Daash’ and prevent enable private armed groups affiliated to al-Qaeda of US military families, because there is intelligence about plans to’alhadh ‘ the support of the ‘Daash’ to kidnap American advisers stationed inside the base.
She said some intelligence reports indicate the existence of a plan for the organization to carry out a military operation in the Ein al-Asad Air Base and the kidnapping of US military, with the aim of exchanging them with leaders of the ‘Daash’, held at in Iraq or in other countries of the American forces, and the regulatory ‘rule’ and ‘ Daash ‘want to put pressure on the US to reduce air raids violent insurgent positions.
According to the sources, which did not disclose the newspaper Information, Washington requested the Government of Abadi approve the deployment of specialized in the fight against terrorism to protect strategic sites in Anbar, such as the local government headquarters and bases of Habbaniyah, and appointed Assad Jordanian forces, can also use ground forces Jordanian editor crossings the border between Iraq and Syria and border control to stop the infiltration of extremists into Iraqi territory, is that the government of al-Abadi some timeout asked to consider the request.
The sources pointed out that the defense minister, Khalid al-Obeidi, who visited Oman, the first on Monday (12/22/2014), US demand with the Jordanian government discussed in terms of the deployment of ground troops from Jordan in specific locations in Anbar, in addition to the Jordanian military role in training Iraqi forces, and therefore the Baghdad government is seriously considering the deployment of the Jordanian Special Forces.
The sources in this context and confirmed that al-Abadi understands the US move to deploy a Jordanian special forces, and understands well the need to form a joint Arab force to fight ‘Daash’ composed of Iraqi and Jordanian, Egyptian and Saudi Arabia in the first phase of forces that other Arab countries to join them later, and thus can for this joint force Arabic to intervene militarily as the organization threatens the Arab national security, but the strong opposition emerged from the Iranian and Syrian regimes for this step, and the former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a group within the National Alliance, who leads the Baghdad government stands bump in front of this proposal.
The sources said that the Government of Anbar welcomed the idea of establishing an Arab ground force to fight ‘Daash’, and in particular that the intervention of President will be inside Iraqi territory, specifically in Ramadi, but it seems that al-Abbadi faces pressure up to the extent of the threat, in some cases, on the grounds that going to force option Arab common is the red line, Iran, because its meaning completely move away from the concept of the Iranian National Security Council, where Tehran is still Iraq is an important part of its national security, and that he should follow the policies that are consistent with this trend, and shares the commander of the Jerusalem Iranian Corps, Qassem Soleimani, to consolidate this concept throughout the nearly ten years earlier, with the support of al-Maliki.
Sources promised that the positions of al-Abadi look exceptional in this area because the man has a conviction that ‘Daash’ poses a threat to the Arab countries and the Arab world more than any other region in the world ‘and that he did not threaten one day Iran directly and Iranian interests, but that all its activities concentrated within the Arab countries in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and finally moved to Yemen, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, and seeks to stretch in all Arab countries.
According to sources, the local Anbar government information, the Tehran government informed Abadi as opposed to the establishment of Iraq’s military and security relations strategy with the Arab world under the pretext of fighting ‘Daash’, because it fears that this would lead to the full integration of Iraq in the Arab national security.
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