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Iraq
Iraqi volunteers at Camp Taji
2014-06-17


انهم ليس زوار لمناسبة دينية ... انه معسكر التاجي

ملايين المتطوعين في معسكر التاجي ..... حي على الجها


Rough Translation: These are not visitors to a religious shrine, they are the the millions of volunteers at Camp Taji (Implication is that Shia are turning out in large numbers to fight ISIS)

Interesting side note: Camp Taji is where until very recently Iraq forces officer's and NCOs were trained by ahem contractors in security and tactical operations.
Posted by:OldSpook

#11  No worries about the Arabic. I was posting it for the few who might be able to read the original captions that I was translating (and likely doing it inaccurately, my Arabic is so rusty that if it were a car, you'd see thru the floorboard)
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-06-17 20:14  

#10  One other thing - the Iraqis are set up to handle mass crowds due to the pilgrimages they see, so if they divert those supplies, they can handle large numbers. Its one of the few logistics exercises they do regularly as a society.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-06-17 18:49  

#9  FYI, from what I was told, these are mostly "former" militia members, so there is at least weapons familiarization and bit of training, with some of those actually having seen "combat". And, further data - basically this was a deliberate propaganda shot, with everyone in the region packed onteo the area shown, and not much anyone else off camera. Remember, that Iraq under Maliki has always maintained "outreach" to the regional militias across the Shia areas, so this includes very large numbers from the entire country. The Arabic in the picture captions says "millions", but I'm betting 100K+, which is in the realm of possibility for an "a;; hands" call up. Another bit of data is that this isn't just 18-329 - this is 16 to 66, so there are a LOT of why we would consider "old" guys here.

Still, its a good picture for the size of the fight the ISIS has chosen.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-06-17 18:48  

#8  
Posted by: cheap seo services   2014-06-17 17:51  

#7  
Posted by: nice penalty removal   2014-06-17 17:04  

#6  
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-17 16:25  

#5  That's a lot of bottles of water.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-06-17 16:24  

#4  Never mind OS, got it, I am slower than usual.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-17 16:23  

#3  Need to spread out a bit I would think unless it's the dense pack philosophy again.

Where'd you get that OS?
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-17 16:22  

#2  If not well trained and led, large numbers mean nothing.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-06-17 16:01  

#1  You get that many people pissed off at you and there's bound to be some trouble.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-06-17 15:29  

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