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Iraq
Britain sends army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish peshmerga
2014-10-13
[ARABNEWS] Britannia said it had deployed a team of army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish peshmerga fighters maintain and use heavy machine guns against 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS) bully boys.

Britannia announced the move as Kurdish fighters battling IS murderous Moslems in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani called on Turkey to open up corridors to allow volunteer fighters and weapons to enter to reinforce their out-gunned forces.

Britannia's Ministry of Defense said the team, which local media reports said was 12-strong, had deployed to Erbil for around a week to help Kurdish fighters operate the guns which Britannia gifted to them last month.

"We are continuing to scope assistance to the Iraqi security forces, further training teams addressing soldiering skills, medical and counter-bomb knowledge will follow," the ministry said in a statement.

A spokeswoman stressed the army trainers were fulfilling a non-combat role.

Although Britannia's parliament has sanctioned the Royal Air Force taking part in air strikes on IS murderous Moslems inside Iraq, Prime Minister David Cameron
... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
has repeatedly said there was no question for now of deploying ground forces.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Thanks UK, sounds like a substantial contract effort, especially at time when the MOD is downsizing. Wish there was something we could do for you in return.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-10-13 01:38  

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