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| U.S. Drops Food, Ammunition to Embattled Iraqi Troops |
| 2014-10-12 |
| [An Nahar] The United States showered vital supplies on besieged Iraqi troops, who face mounting pressure from 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.... krazed killers, the Pentagon said on Saturday. U.S. military planes on Friday and Saturday carried out airdrops of ammunition, food and water to troops in northern Iraq following requests from Baghdad, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement. "At the request of the Iraqi government, U.S. military forces conducted multiple airdrops in Iraq in the vicinity of Bayji... to resupply Iraqi security forces operating in the area," Centcom said in a statement. In total, 36 bundles containing 7,328 halal meals, 2,065 gallons of water, and 16,000 pounds of ammunition were dropped. The airdrops were for Iraqi troops in Bayji town, which remains under Baghdad's control, Centcom said. "Areas external to Bayji, however, are contested as ISIL continues to conduct operations in the area," the statement said, referring to another name for the Islamic State group. Previously, U.S. military planes have conducted humanitarian airdrops for refugees and civilians in Iraq. The United States is supporting Iraqi troops fighting Islamic State jihadists, though the embattled army is facing increasing pressure from a relentless assault from the forces of Evil in several hotspots. The airdrops come after U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel described the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq as "difficult," particularly in the western Anbar province where Iraqi troops are battling the krazed killers. "Anbar province is in trouble. We know that," he said. "This is a difficult effort. It is going to take time. It won't be easy. So, yes, there is a lot of uncertainty in Anbar right now," he said in remarks delivered Friday in Colombia. The U.S.-led coalition also continued its air assault in Iraq and Syria Friday and Saturday with fresh strikes, the Pentagon said. Bomber and fighter jets conducted six In Iraq, three |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 The ISIS/ISIL will likely have to contend wid both the US-ALLIES + IRAN iff they get too close to Baghdad + the Shia-led Govt. Both US SecStates Kerry + Colin Powell have made similar remarks about Iraqis-n-only-the-Iraqis, the Iraqi-Army-n-only-the-Iraqi-Army [Armed Forces], ultimately being the one to take back their lost territories = country. Ordinary Iraqis have to know that their Armed Forces can effec protect + defend them from any + all enemies, while the ISIS/ISIL per se has to know + feel that they are, or will be, de facto defeated by same. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-12 23:24 |
| #2 Wonder what they used? C-130s or c-17s? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-12 16:15 |
| #1 "Anbar province is in trouble. We know that," he said. "This is a difficult effort. It is going to take time. It won't be easy. So, yes, there is a lot of uncertainty in Anbar right now," he [Hagel] said in remarks delivered Friday in Colombia. Maybe things would be different if a war were fought with unshackled ROEs. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-10-12 09:15 |