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Leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba: Iraqi Popular Forces Ready to Target Turkish Army
TEHRAN (FNA)- Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, the leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a major Iraqi Shiite resistance movement fighting the ISIL, warned that the country's popular forces will shoot at the Turkish army in Iraq on sight.
"The Iraqi popular forces are ready to target the Turkish troops in case of violating Iraq's sovereignty and trespassing the borders," al-Kaabi said on Saturday.
He said that Turkey is trying to get rid of its internal problems by meddling in Iraq's internal affairs, and added, "Turkey is pursuing some scenarios in Iraq and it is a partner of the West, the Zionist regime (of Israel) and Britain in the plot for disintegrating Iraq."
Al-Kaabi, meantime, pointed to the US-led anti-ISIL coalition in Iraq, and said, "The Iraqi popular forces would have purged the entire Iraq of the ISIL terrorists if the US-led anti-ISIL coalition had not been formed."
In relevant remarks last week, political analysts said that a meeting of the senior Hashd al-Shaabi commanders conveyed the message of their preparedness to confront the Turkish army's military incursion into their country and also prevent the relocation of the terrorists from Iraq to Syria.
"Political observers in Iraq say that the historic meeting by Iraqi volunteer forces' leaders has the clear message that they are determined to fight against any security and political challenge, more importantly the war against the ISIL, as well as Turkey's military presence in Iraq," Political Expert on Iraq Amir Saedi said.
He said the Iraqi volunteer forces showed that they are united in confronting the terrorists, specially the ISIL, and said, "The second message of the Hashd al-Shaabi meeting is to Ankara, telling Erdogan that despite differences among these groups they have adopted a single stance vis-à-vis Turkish military presence in Iraq."
Meantime, Iraqi strategist Fazel Abu Raqif also said that the message of the Iraqi volunteer forces' meeting focused on opposition to the Turkish military incursion into their country.
Abu Raqif also said that the meeting laid emphasis on unity of all groups against foreign occupying forces.
Also Iraqi political science professor Faisal Qazi said that the Hashd al-Shaabi meeting was a declaration of unity among the volunteer forces despite some their minor differences.
Earlier in October, Nineveh Provincial Council called the Turkish troops in Iraq as occupying forces and warned them to withdraw from Baishqa military base immediately.
The call by Nineveh provincial body came as Turkey claimed that its troops have been stationed in Baishqa military base at the request of the governor of Nineveh province.
"The Turkish troops have no permission from Iraq's central government or Nineveh provincial council to be deployed there," the council's member Hesam al-Abar said.
He noted that the Nineveh Provincial Council has approved immediate withdrawal of the Turkish forces.
Also in October, a large number of people gathered in front of the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad in protest at the presence of Turkish troops in their country.
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters called for withdrawal of the Turkish army from Baishqa region in Nineveh province.
The protesters chanted slogans against the Turkish government and blasted Ankara for violating their territorial integrity.
Baghdad has protested several times against the troops deployment and demanded their immediate withdrawal from Iraqi territory, a request that has fallen on deaf ears.
Also in early October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected Baghdad’s objections to the presence of Turkish forces in northern Iraq.
Ankara, he said, seeks to prevent the Mosul battle from turning into a “sectarian one” and causing “blood and fire” in the Middle East.
The comments came only hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi took to his Twitter account to brush aside Erdogan’s earlier remarks that Turkish forces must play a role in the Mosul operation.
The Iraqi government criticized Erdogan’s “irresponsible” remarks, with the Iraqi premier’s spokesman Saad al-Hadithi saying that the Turkish leader was “pouring oil on the fire.”
Mosul, which is Iraq's second-largest city and the main stronghold of ISIL terrorists, fell in 2014. The Iraqi army and pro-government forces have been preparing for months for the final assault to recapture the city.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi announced in October that the country's armed forces and popular troops had started large-scale operation to take back the ISIL's self-proclaimed capital, Mosul.
Prime Minister Al-Abadi appeared on the state TV an hour after midnight to declare that his country's army, security and mobilized volunteer troops have started the long-awaited offensive to take back the country's second-largest city.
"The hour has come and the moment of great victory is near," Al-Abadi said early on Monday in a speech on state TV, flanked by the armed forces' top commanders.
Al-Abadi vowed that the military troops will take maximum caution to save civilian lives and avoid collateral damage in the city that is believed to still be home to over a million people.
The premier asked the civilian population to raise white flags over their buildings and contact the government troops for any kind of helpful information that they might have about ISIL militants.
“We urge you, the heroic people of Mosul, to cooperate with our security forces to rescue you,” the Prime Minister added.
Mosul in Nineveh province that is ISIL's last stronghold in Iraq was occupied by the terrorist cult on June 10, 2014 and its liberation marks an era of demise for ISIL in Iraq.
Mosul was the first city taken by the terrorist group and it was there that ISIL Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared his so-called caliphate on June 29, 2014.
ISIL could stretch control over 40 percent of Iraq after it took Mosul over two years ago, but now holds only 10 percent of the country after losing battles in such major cities as Beiji, Tikrit, Fallujah and Ramadi in the last one year.
Mosul is of paramount importance both to Iraq and the ISIL as it is in an oil-rich region close to the borders with Syria and Turkey, while it has been a regional trade hub for the last several centuries. In addition to smuggling crude stolen from the oil wells of Nineveh, ISIL also levied forceful taxes for various reasons from the over 1-million-strong population that is still believed to be living in the city. Loss of Mosul will inflict a major blow to the terrorist cult as it will lose a major source of its revenues.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, the leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a major Iraqi Shiite resistance movement fighting the ISIL, warned that the country's popular forces will shoot at the Turkish army in Iraq on sight.
"The Iraqi popular forces are ready to target the Turkish troops in case of violating Iraq's sovereignty and trespassing the borders," al-Kaabi said on Saturday.
He said that Turkey is trying to get rid of its internal problems by meddling in Iraq's internal affairs, and added, "Turkey is pursuing some scenarios in Iraq and it is a partner of the West, the Zionist regime (of Israel) and Britain in the plot for disintegrating Iraq."
Al-Kaabi, meantime, pointed to the US-led anti-ISIL coalition in Iraq, and said, "The Iraqi popular forces would have purged the entire Iraq of the ISIL terrorists if the US-led anti-ISIL coalition had not been formed."
In relevant remarks last week, political analysts said that a meeting of the senior Hashd al-Shaabi commanders conveyed the message of their preparedness to confront the Turkish army's military incursion into their country and also prevent the relocation of the terrorists from Iraq to Syria.
"Political observers in Iraq say that the historic meeting by Iraqi volunteer forces' leaders has the clear message that they are determined to fight against any security and political challenge, more importantly the war against the ISIL, as well as Turkey's military presence in Iraq," Political Expert on Iraq Amir Saedi said.
He said the Iraqi volunteer forces showed that they are united in confronting the terrorists, specially the ISIL, and said, "The second message of the Hashd al-Shaabi meeting is to Ankara, telling Erdogan that despite differences among these groups they have adopted a single stance vis-à-vis Turkish military presence in Iraq."
Meantime, Iraqi strategist Fazel Abu Raqif also said that the message of the Iraqi volunteer forces' meeting focused on opposition to the Turkish military incursion into their country.
Abu Raqif also said that the meeting laid emphasis on unity of all groups against foreign occupying forces.
Also Iraqi political science professor Faisal Qazi said that the Hashd al-Shaabi meeting was a declaration of unity among the volunteer forces despite some their minor differences.
Earlier in October, Nineveh Provincial Council called the Turkish troops in Iraq as occupying forces and warned them to withdraw from Baishqa military base immediately.
The call by Nineveh provincial body came as Turkey claimed that its troops have been stationed in Baishqa military base at the request of the governor of Nineveh province.
"The Turkish troops have no permission from Iraq's central government or Nineveh provincial council to be deployed there," the council's member Hesam al-Abar said.
He noted that the Nineveh Provincial Council has approved immediate withdrawal of the Turkish forces.
Also in October, a large number of people gathered in front of the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad in protest at the presence of Turkish troops in their country.
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters called for withdrawal of the Turkish army from Baishqa region in Nineveh province.
The protesters chanted slogans against the Turkish government and blasted Ankara for violating their territorial integrity.
Baghdad has protested several times against the troops deployment and demanded their immediate withdrawal from Iraqi territory, a request that has fallen on deaf ears.
Also in early October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected Baghdad’s objections to the presence of Turkish forces in northern Iraq.
Ankara, he said, seeks to prevent the Mosul battle from turning into a “sectarian one” and causing “blood and fire” in the Middle East.
The comments came only hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi took to his Twitter account to brush aside Erdogan’s earlier remarks that Turkish forces must play a role in the Mosul operation.
The Iraqi government criticized Erdogan’s “irresponsible” remarks, with the Iraqi premier’s spokesman Saad al-Hadithi saying that the Turkish leader was “pouring oil on the fire.”
Mosul, which is Iraq's second-largest city and the main stronghold of ISIL terrorists, fell in 2014. The Iraqi army and pro-government forces have been preparing for months for the final assault to recapture the city.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi announced in October that the country's armed forces and popular troops had started large-scale operation to take back the ISIL's self-proclaimed capital, Mosul.
Prime Minister Al-Abadi appeared on the state TV an hour after midnight to declare that his country's army, security and mobilized volunteer troops have started the long-awaited offensive to take back the country's second-largest city.
"The hour has come and the moment of great victory is near," Al-Abadi said early on Monday in a speech on state TV, flanked by the armed forces' top commanders.
Al-Abadi vowed that the military troops will take maximum caution to save civilian lives and avoid collateral damage in the city that is believed to still be home to over a million people.
The premier asked the civilian population to raise white flags over their buildings and contact the government troops for any kind of helpful information that they might have about ISIL militants.
“We urge you, the heroic people of Mosul, to cooperate with our security forces to rescue you,” the Prime Minister added.
Mosul in Nineveh province that is ISIL's last stronghold in Iraq was occupied by the terrorist cult on June 10, 2014 and its liberation marks an era of demise for ISIL in Iraq.
Mosul was the first city taken by the terrorist group and it was there that ISIL Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared his so-called caliphate on June 29, 2014.
ISIL could stretch control over 40 percent of Iraq after it took Mosul over two years ago, but now holds only 10 percent of the country after losing battles in such major cities as Beiji, Tikrit, Fallujah and Ramadi in the last one year.
Mosul is of paramount importance both to Iraq and the ISIL as it is in an oil-rich region close to the borders with Syria and Turkey, while it has been a regional trade hub for the last several centuries. In addition to smuggling crude stolen from the oil wells of Nineveh, ISIL also levied forceful taxes for various reasons from the over 1-million-strong population that is still believed to be living in the city. Loss of Mosul will inflict a major blow to the terrorist cult as it will lose a major source of its revenues.
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