20,000 Iraqi troops to push back the IS-troops in the spring – supported by the US Army. Reported on the “New York Times”. Open, then, is whether American ground troops are involved.
The Iraqi army plans – supported by the US Air Force and hundreds of consultants – a great spring offensive against the militias of the “Islamic State” (IS). Reported on the “New York Times” (“NYT”).
The aim is, therefore, the paper said, the IS-troops who came from Syria into Iraq and control parts of the country to push back. The IS has mainly occupied the north and west of Iraq. These regions, including the major city of Mosul, wanted to recapture it says in reference to American sources.
Recently had Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish fighters already have registered some minor successes against the IS-militias. But the planned spring offensive now requires, as the “NYT” writes a large planning and training efforts. There are more than 20,000 soldiers are trained for three months. The newspaper cited high US military, which point to the difficulties there.
Open, then, is whether US ground forces may be taking part in the offensive. So far, Obama had excluded the use of ground troops. The plan is in any case that American military take over the training of Iraqi forces. In addition, the US military will establish new personnel in the region, writes the “NYT” to support the planned major offensive.
Fight against IS:Canadian fighter jets for the first time in the application
The United States and numerous allied countries support the anti-IS-fight for months with air strikes. For the first time Canadian fighter jets bombing now have flown on the militia extremists in Iraq. Two CF-18 jets had bombed IS targets near the city of Fallujah, some 70 kilometers west of Baghdad, said Defense Minister Rob Nicholson on Sunday. They had returned after four hours safely to their base.
The Conservative government announced in early October to participate in the air strikes against the Islamists. Then two soldiers were killed in attacks by local Islamists in Canada. This is expected, according to the police involve acts of individual perpetrators, who were recently converted to Islam and negotiated independently.
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