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| New Zealand says to withdraw all troops from Iraq by June |
| 2019-06-11 |
| WELLINGTON (IraqiNews.com) ‐ New Zealand announced on Monday that it would withdraw all of its troops from Iraq by next June following the defeat of 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.... bad boy group. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the number of New Zealand troops will be reduced to 75 by July and then to 45 by January before all the troops all withdrawn, FOX News reported. Ardern also announced New Zealand will reduce the number of defense force personnel it has posted in Afghanistan from 13 to 11. The South Pacific nation has a small contingent of 95 so-called noncombat personnel deployed at the Taji Military Complex northwest of Baghdad, where they are tasked with training Iraqi security forces. The training mission is a joint operation with Australia, which has about 300 troops stationed at Taji. Australia has not made any announcement about its long-term plans at the base. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 New Zealand says to withdraw all troops from Iraq by June All three of them?!? |
| Posted by: Vernal Bluetooth2853 2019-06-11 18:32 |
| #5 when there are no Westerners there to stiffen their spines? Hope that's not an euphemism. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-11 18:28 |
| #4 Why is anybody still there? Remember what happened the last time we pulled out? Do you trust that the Arab Iraqi forces will not panic and completely desert their posts again when there are no Westerners there to stiffen their spines? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-06-11 12:32 |
| #3 Ardern also announced New Zealand will reduce the number of defense force personnel it has posted in Afghanistan from 13 to 11. This interesting tidbit suggests that two people in AFG are/were C2 associated with the team(s) in IRQ. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-11 11:58 |
| #2 Why is anybody still there? Practice: Processing/Interpreting shared field Intel. Mission planning and force coordination. Snatch/Kill team training, engagement, debrief. Comms with transport and rear echelon. Better integration with allied forces leads to smaller specialty teams. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-11 11:54 |
| #1 Why is anybody still there? The active fighting is down to a half a dozen combat deaths a week at the very most. What fighting is still happening is in Syria and has mostly devolved into bitter village hopping by a much larger force (acting on the behalf of Iran) that will inevitably win if they don't act like total idiots. Doesn't make sense that the West still has soldiers there. Spies and diplomats yes, but not soldiers. |
| Posted by: Vernal Hatrick 2019-06-11 07:41 |