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| Spain to send 300 soldiers to train Iraqi troops |
| 2014-10-11 |
| [ARABNEWS] Spain says it plans to send 300 soldiers to help train the Iraqi army for combat against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. Defense Minister Pedro Morenes said Friday that the troops, part of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, were not being sent to fight but added that anything could happen. He said the seven-to-eight week operation was aimed at containing the advance of the Islamic State by training Iraqi troops in explosives handling, land mine clearance and special operations. Parliament must approve the decision, but opposition is unlikely It would be the first time that Spanish troops are in Iraq since Spain in 2004 withdrew the peacekeepers it sent there as part of the US-led invasion of Iraq. |
| Posted by:Fred |