#news in #Iraq: the Iraqi presidential runoff was between two candidates from Kurdish parties?
on 02026-04-12Nafeez Ahmed says #Iraq #Mosul victory is “prelude to Iraqi state-failure”. #politics
on 02017-08-06Gabions for fortification against #weaponry (in e.g. #Afghanistan and #Iraq): a collapsible wire mesh container and a heavy-duty fabric inner liner, filled with dirt and rocks.
on 02016-11-21Discussion thread on an article on #concrete as #weaponry or rather its opposite (in #Iraq)
on 02016-11-21#Iraq seems to be successfully excluding the troops from #Turkey so far from the assault on Mosul.
on 02016-10-23Taking Mosul, #Iraq from #Daesh is planned to take months. #war
on 02016-10-19More on today’s attack on Mosul. Rebels from #Syria backed by #Turkey retook Dabiq this morning. Says the total anti-#Daesh forces are only about 30000. Also says the peshmerga number about 4000. #USA has 5000 troops in #Iraq overall, not just in this attack. #war
on 02016-10-17#Iraq attack to retake Mosul begins; “hundreds of thousands of residents face imminent displacement.” Bashiqa is 20 km from Mosul. Lots of peshmerga photos. No mention of Turkey. #war
on 02016-10-17#Iraq attack to retake Mosul begins; 4000 peshmerga, 30000 “pro-government troops”, tanks, Shia militiamen advancing, against 4000 to 8000 #Daesh troops. Daesh has held it since 2014. Arrival at Mosul expected in November or December. No mention of Turkey. #war
on 02016-10-17#Turkey’s Erdogan is angry #USA is still considering whether to extradite Gülen; #Iraq labels Turkish forces “occupiers”
on 02016-10-14#Turkey has been training #peshmerga at Bashiqa, #Iraq? “The U.S.-backed assault on [Mosul] has been expected to begin this month.”
on 02016-10-14“#Turkey’s President Tells Iraqi Leader to ‘Know His Place’” Erdogan refuses to withdraw troops at Bashiqa, #Iraq, near Mosul, where they are to fight #Daesh; also he personally insulted Haider al-Abadi. #politics
on 02016-10-14#Daesh attack with #drones in #Iraq near Erbil, kills two peshmerga, asshole French newspaper headlines with “gravely wounds two French commandos”
on 02016-10-11#Daesh attacks with #drones in #Iraq near Erbil/Irbil; one drone, four casualties; #USA equips troops with Battelle DroneDefender jammer rifles
on 02016-10-11#Iraq expels #Turkey’s army from near Mosul
on 02016-10-06#Daesh is using #drones with #weaponry and #surveillance cameras for #war in #Iraq
on 02016-07-11In 2014, by contrast, #Juan-Cole suggested high Saudi #oil #energy production would weaken the recognized government of #Iraq, providing opportunities to #Daesh. He also predicts, “By 2016, solar and wind will be grid parity everywhere in the US with coal and natural gas for heating and cooling buildings.” #predictions
on 02016-05-04what’s going on in #Iraq today in the wake of #Daesh. There’s a financial crisis in Kurdistan as the authorities have run out of money and stopped paying salaries.
on 02016-01-02“#Weaponry and morale determine outcomes. The 2nd largest city of Iraq (Mosul) fell when 1k ISIS fighters attacked “60k” Iraqi army. 40k soldiers were artifacts of embezzlement, and of 20k real only 1.5k fought - these mostly the AK47 armed local police. An AK47 loses to a 12.7mm machine gun and armored suicide vehicle bombs. Finally, the attack was personal - soldiers received calls mid-fight threatening relatives by name and address. One army captain did not leave quickly enough and had two teenage sons executed.” #violence #Iraq #daesh
on 02015-11-11