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Iraq
Counterterrorism cooperation reveals sleeper cells in KRI
2023-06-30
It’s one of the Eids, so the Ummah is quieter than usual, except for the posturing about that Iraqi refugee in Sweden being permitted to burn a Koran. This is the only article of even the slightest interest found in my usual sources.
[Shafaq News] Retired Lieutenant General and military affairs expert, Jabbar Yawar, confirmed today, Thursday, that the counterterrorism plans between the federal forces and the Kurdish security forces have eradicated dormant cells in the Kurdistan region, unveiling the identities of many "notorious" terrorists.

Speaking to Shafaq News Agency, Yawar stated, "The exemplary security coordination between the federal security and intelligence agencies and the security and counterterrorism apparatus in Kurdistan has exposed numerous wanted holy warriors who were hiding in the region, using forged identities and addresses."

Yawar further added, "The joint security and intelligence coordination has eradicated the presence of many sleeper cells in the Kurdistan region during recent periods," emphasizing the "continuation of security coordination at its highest levels."
Details unfortunately a bit scanty...
Regarding the formation plans of federal anti-terrorism battalions in the region, in coordination with the regional government, Yawar considered it a "significant step towards ending terrorism, cutting off its networks, activities, and drying up its sources to a great extent." He highlighted that this represents a successful security project, given the permanent federal formations present in Kurdistan, including four border police brigades securing the borders with Iran, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
, and Syria, as well as customs police, national security, and directorates of nationality and residency.

Regarding military coordination between the army and the Peshmerga forces in the past periods, Yawar elucidated that "the coordination has achieved significant security objectives through comprehensive preemptive operations in disputed areas."

He pointed out that the areas of joint security coordination between the Peshmerga and federal forces continue their security tasks intensively in Khanaqin, Tuz Khurmatu, Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
Nineveh, the outskirts of Erbil, and reaching the area of Sahela within the Syrian borders, covering an area exceeding 650 square kilometers.
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