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2020-03-21 Iraq
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US commitments in Iraq ‘remain the same’ despite base transfer: coalition spokesperson
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[Rudaw] US commitments in Iraq remain the same despite the transfer of a key military base to Iraqi security forces last week, US-led coalition spokesperson Colonel Myles B. Caggins III told Rudaw on Thursday.
"The coalition will continue to be partnered with Iraqi Security Forces. We will see that partnership in the future from fewer locations with fewer people, but our commitment is the same," he said on Thursday night, adding that the transfer occurred due to the success of Iraqi forces in the ongoing fight against Islamic State
 ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS).
The handover of al-Qaim base, in Anbar province, marked the "first step of a US troop withdrawal from Iraq," an Iraqi military official told Rudaw on Thursday.
Al-Qaim has been used by coalition troops since 2017 to train and advise Iraqi forces to combat the Islamic State group (ISIS).
Caggins insists the US will continue to work with Iraqi forces despite their reduced numbers, citing ongoing cooperation in light of the March 11 rocket attack on Taji military base, which killed two Americans and one Briton.
"We do not know who conducted the attacks on Taji military base. But our partners here..are sharing information as they hunt for the terrorists. The Iraqis assured the American leadership that they will take action."
Caggins insists the US will continue to work with Iraqi forces despite their reduced numbers, citing ongoing cooperation in light of the March 11 rocket attack on Taji military base, which killed two Americans and one Briton.
"We do not know who conducted the attacks on Taji military base. But our partners here..are sharing information as they hunt for the terrorists. The Iraqis assured the American leadership that they will take action."
Troops previously stationed at al-Qaim will be relocated across Iraq, Syria and the US, according to the spokesperson. A number of troops will be sent to Syria’s Deiz ez-Zor province- where ISIS was defeated exactly a year ago.
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
the terror group is still active, Caggins warned.
"ISIS is not down and out. The threat still remains in some areas along the mountains, in Makhmour and Hamran, as well as some desert areas in Anbar," he told Rudaw.
"ISIS cannot hold physical territory because of the success of the Peshmerga, and the Iraqi security forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces. We are leaving al-Qaim because Iraqi security forces have proven to be effective in protecting that region," he added.
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