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Iraq
Belgium claims 5% of coalition airstrikes in Iraq
2015-04-26
Such martial prowess on the part of little Belgium -- which I think once again has an actual, as opposed to caretaker, government -- should be appreciated and applauded, that they might be encouraged to take on more such responsibilites.
[Rudaw] The Belgium Ministry of Defense has released details of its role in the international coalition formed to battle the 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....
, or ISIS, and has pledged to continue to train Iraqi troops.

"Since the beginning of the US-led coalition Arclight airstrikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Belgian warplanes have constituted five percent of the Arclight airstrikes, but we have not taken part in Arclight airstrikes in Syria," the defense ministry announced on Saturday.

Lieutenant General Claude Van de Voorde, commander of the Belgian Air Force, issued specific details of the Arclight airstrikes at a presser in Brussels.

"Upon the request of the Iraqi Army and the Peshmerga, we managed to destroy 107 ISIS arsenals and positions in Iraq," Van de Voorde said.

"Belgian military advisers will continue to train Iraqi security forces."

The Belgian government became part of the anti-ISIS coalition last year, and has sent at least 35 military trainers and advisers to work with Iraqi security forces and the Peshmerga.

On March 23, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) requested heavy weapons from Belgium during a session of the country's parliament attended by the KRG's representative to the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing....
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