Conflicts in Iraq: News & Discussions

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Senior Iraqi MP accuses I$raiel of arming militants
Posted on14 May 2014.


11 May 2014 10:45 (Last updated 11 May 2014 10:49)
Iraq does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. Neither does the Arab country recognize the self-proclaimed Jewish state.

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A senior Iraqi lawmaker has accused Israel of providing arms and equipment to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group.

“Iraqi troops seized made-in-Israel weapons from ISIL militants,” Iskander Witwit, the deputy chairman of the Security and Defense Committee in Iraq’s parliament, told Anadolu Agency.

“Some countries now represent Israel and run the battle in Iraq on Israel’s behalf,” he added.

Iraq does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. Neither does the Arab country recognize the self-proclaimed Jewish state.

Witwit described the ISIL group as a “Zionist organization that seeks to weaken Iraq and other Arab countries as well as destroy Islam.”

The lawmaker said foreign interference in Iraq’s affairs has turned the country into a battlefield for militant groups backed by some neighboring states.

Israeli officials were not immediately available to comment on the accusations.

The Iraqi army has been waging a major offensive in the Sunni-majority Anbar province with the stated aim of clearing militants – who Baghdad claims are linked to Al-Qaeda – from Fallujah and Ramadi.

Many local Sunni tribes opposed to Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government, meanwhile, continue to voice anger over the operation’s mounting civilian death toll.

Since the offensive began last December, hundreds have been killed and injured in Fallujah and Ramadi, according to government officials.

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[Al-Kurdi]

Over 100 presidential guards (All Kurds) surrounded in Tikrit,and have gotten a warning from ISIS to leave within 2 hours (or the area will be taken by force). The Kurdish commander told Rudaw (via Phone) that they don't know what to do nor do they have a way of leaving the area.

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[Al-Kurdi]

Kurds assisting the people of Mosul fleeing to Kurdistan, I wonder where they were doing when Kurds were fleeing from Saddam's genocidal campaign against Kurds.

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[Al-Kurdi]

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[jammersat]

poor kurds , i think i now understand why they hate everyone

 

[Fotol]

How serious is the danger of Baghdad falling ?

 

[Frosty]

ISIS is de facto getting a large portion of Iraq and the Iraqi Government seems unable or unwilling to do anything about it. The Iraqi security forces fled even when outnumbering the ISIS fighters 15 to 1. This is not looking good. If the Maliki government cannot restore order, NATO intervention might be needed.

"Mission Accomplished"
-George W Bush

 

[Fotol]

ISIS is de facto getting a large portion of Iraq and the Iraqi Government seems unable or unwilling to do anything about it. The Iraqi security forces fled even when outnumbering the ISIS fighters 15 to 1. This is not looking good. If the Maliki government cannot restore order, NATO intervention might be needed.

"Mission Accomplished"
-George W Bush

NATO wont even waste 1$ on Iraqi matters. Sadly this is only a regional issue.

I suggest Turkey,Syria,Iraq,Iran making a agreement for military intervention.

 

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Iraqi PM Maliki says Saudi, Qatar openly funding violence in Anbar

BAGHDAD Sun Mar 9

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during opening ceremony of the Center for Development Education in Baghdad, March 1 2014.

Credit: Reuters/Ahmed Saad

(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding the Sunni Muslim insurgents his troops are battling in western Anbar province, in his strongest such statement since fighting started there early this year.

Security forces have been fighting insurgents from the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Anbar's two main cities - Fallujah and Ramadi - since January after the arrest of a Sunni lawmaker and the clearing of an anti-government protest camp prompted a tribal revolt and allowed ISIL to set up fighting positions in the cities.

Maliki's remarks play to Iraqi fears of the Sunni Arab states as he tries to burnish his standing as a defender of the mainly Shi'ite country before elections at the end of April.

Violence has escalated in the last 12 months - ISIL has led a devastating campaign of suicide bombings since mid-2013 - and Maliki said in a mid-February speech that Saudi Arabia and Qatar were offering money to recruit fighters in Fallujah.

More than 700 people died in violence in Iraq in February, not including nearly 300 reported deaths in western Anbar province and last year was the deadliest year since 2008 with nearly 8,000 being killed.

"I accuse them of inciting and encouraging the terrorist movements. I accuse them of supporting them politically and in the media, of supporting them with money and by buying weapons for them," he told France 24 television late on Saturday.

"I accuse them of leading an open war against the Iraqi government. I accuse them of openly hosting leaders of al Qaeda and Takfirists (extremists)," he said in the interview when asked about possible Saudi and Qatari links to the violence.

Maliki has long had chilly relations with the Gulf states, who view him as too close to Iran, and has long suspected them of funding al Qaeda-linked groups in order to bring down his Shi'ite-led government.

He accused the Saudi government of allowing "commissions" there "to attract Jihadists, to lure them, to get them fighting in Iraq".

He also blamed both countries for launching Syria's three-year civil war through al Qaeda-linked groups that now operate on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border, next to Anbar.

"They are attacking Iraq through Syria indirectly. They absolutely started the war in Iraq, they started the war in Syria," Maliki said. ISIL has been one of the biggest fighting forces in Syria's civil war.

"Saudi Arabia supports terrorism against the world, Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Libya."

Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar have played an activist role in the Syria war, supporting armed groups fighting President Bashar Assad. They both deny supporting al Qaeda.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar on Wednesday in an unprecedented public split between Gulf Arab allies who have fallen out over the role of Islamists in a region in turmoil.

Iraqi PM Maliki says Saudi, Qatar openly funding violence in Anbar| Reuters

 

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Syria ready to help Iraq combat Takfiri extremists

A picture taken with a mobile phone shows an armoured vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces in flames on June 10, 2014, after hundreds of militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a major assault on the security forces in Mosul, some 370 kms north from the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Syrian government has condemned the massive terrorist attack launched by al-Qaeda-linked militants in northern Iraq, offering help to Baghdad in its fight against terrorism.
Damascus is “ready to cooperate with Iraq to face terrorism, our common enemy,” the Syrian foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The foreign-backed terrorism ... in Iraq ... is the same" targeting Syrian people, the ministry noted.

The remarks come against the backdrop of criminal operations by militants belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul, the capital of Nineveh Province, as well as other parts of northern Iraq.

“This terrorism is a threat to peace and security in the region and the world,” said the Syrian ministry, calling on the UN Security Council “to ... condemn these terrorist and criminal acts, and to take action against the countries supporting these groups.”

Takfiris have took control of Mosul’s government headquarters, security bases, and important buildings of the city.

Local sources have said nearly half a million escaped with many seeking refuge in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has asked the United Nations, the European Union, and the Arab League to help the country fight the terrorists.

Violence also raged elsewhere in the country with bombings and shootings across the country.

Iraq’s Interior Ministry has said that militants have launched an open war in Iraq with the aim of pushing the Middle Eastern country into chaos.

- See more at: Syria ready to help Iraq combat Takfiri extremists

 

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Iran vows to fight ISIL terrorism in Iraq

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani


Iran’s president says the Islamic Republic will not tolerate violence and terror as foreign-backed Takfiri militants wreak havoc in northern Iraq.
“As the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we will not tolerate the [acts of] violence and terror and we fight violence and terrorism in the region and in the world,” President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday.

The Iranian president said Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) will hold an immediate meeting to review the developments in Iraq as the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) pushes ahead with its offensive in Iraq’s northern cities.

“Why is an extremist and terrorist group treating people this way?” President Rouhani asked.

“I hope that nobody would see the films [taken] of the savage acts committed by them (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. Unfortunately, these people claim to be combatants and Muslim,” Rouhani stated.

The Takfiri attack on Iraq’s Nineveh Province has forced “over 500,000 people in and around” its capital, Mosul, to flee, according to Geneva-based International Organization for Migration.

Reports also indicate that on June 11 the militants seized the city of Tikrit. However, shortly afterwards, Iraqi forces managed to recapture the central city, located roughly half way between Baghdad and Mosul.

Clashes continue between Iraqi soldiers and the Takfiri militants, who have vowed to march toward the capital.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the acts carried out by the militants, calling on the international community to support the Iraqi government’s fight against Takfiris.

According to reports, Takfiri groups are reportedly entering Iraq from neighboring Syria and Saudi Arabia to undermine security in the country.

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