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| U.S. Speeds Up Drone, Missile Deliveries to Aid Iraq |
| 2014-01-07 |
| [An Nahar] The United States will speed up delivery of missiles and surveillance drones to Iraq as the Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... government battles a resurgence of al-Qaeda-linked bad boys, a Pentagon front man said Monday. "We are ... looking to accelerate the FMS (Foreign Military Sales) deliveries with an additional 100 Hellfire missiles ready for delivery this spring," Colonel Steven Warren said. An additional 10 ScanEagle surveillance drones would also be delivered he said. Hellfire missiles, originally designed as an anti-tank weapon, can be fired from helicopters or airplanes. ScanEagle drones are a low-cost three-meter aircraft capable of flying 24 hours. The deliveries correspond to contracts already signed with Iraq. Some 75 Hellfire missiles were delivered to Storied Baghdad in mid-December, U.S. officials said. Since then Iraq has seen a resurgence of fighting in the province of Anbar, a key bully boy stronghold following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) reclaimed control of the city of Fallujah last week, scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the Iraq war between U.S. troops and bully boys. Warren said Washington was working closely with Iraqi officials to develop a "holistic strategy to isolate al-Qaeda-affiliated groups so that the tribes working with the security forces can drive them out of the populated areas." However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... he reiterated previous statements from U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... that no U.S. forces would return to Iraq to assist in military operations. "We'll not be sending forces to Iraq," he said. Instead the United States would continue to provide intelligence to assist and advise the Iraqis at a "ministerial level" through around 100 military personnel who continued to be based at the U.S. Embassy in Storied Baghdad, Warren said. The assistance would not extend to operational advice. "We're not doing tactical work with the Iraqis," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 UAVS + Hellfires, while nice, may NOT be the weapons Iraq truly needs to combat the Qaeda Boyz. * TOPIX > [Real Clear Politics] US WON'T SHIP IRAQ THE WEAPONS IT NEEDS. Uh, uh, "FSA II" = "We're-still-waiting-for-US/Bammer-promised-$$$-N-Arms". Not good news for Japan + PHIL, etal. US Allies in East Asia iff a shooting war wid China starts. * SAME > [Time.com] WHY OBAMA WON'T TAKE ON AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ ANYMORE? IIUC, in nutshell POTUS Obama covertly desires to have the US end or pullout completely from the GWOT. ARTIC = indics that the Obama WH is attempting to have post-9-11 US "war authority" from POTUS Dubya's Admin [2002]formally revoked by the US Congress. IMO NO "WAR AUTHORITY" = NO GWOT IN ANY FORM. THE US-LED GWOT WILL BE OVER - PERIOD!, WID AL-QAEDA + OTHER MILTERR/JIHADI GROUPS LEFT "IN PLACE" OR "AS IS"??? IIUC II, WINNER = RISING CHINA, RISING IRAN, + RADICAL ISLAM'S SOON-TO-BE-NUKULAAR HARD BOYZ, AS THE USA = BAMMER ADMIN HAS EFFEC "LEFT THE BATTLEFIELD" TO ITS INTACT-N-GETTING-STRONGER/ NUKULAAR ENEMY OR PROTAGONISTS. versus * TOPIX > NBC: BUSH TO BLAME FOR "SECURITY VACUUM" IN IRAQ CREATED BY OBAMA'S TROOPS WITHDRAWAL. Gee, is it Midterm Elex already??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-01-07 21:25 |
| #8 Butlerian Jihad anyone? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-01-07 10:22 |
| #7 Well P2k, I think Frank Herbert had a pretty good view of the problem as represented in his 1965 publication of DUNE. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-01-07 09:11 |
| #6 There is no substitute for boots on the ground. However, using the boots right now is not a good political move because the grumpy old white men across the Potomac haven't been compromised enough yet and the public ain't there yet either. So, the drone loving control freaks will take the next logical step - Skynet. Who could have seen this coming? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-01-07 08:39 |
| #5 Yes g(r)om, I was thinking along those same lines. The introduction of |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-07 03:16 |
| #4 Is "low-cost" still a prudent option, when you have to borrow the money to build them from the Chinese ? You mean it would be cheaper to build them in China? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-01-07 02:26 |
| #3 ScanEagle drones are a low-cost three-meter aircraft capable of flying 24 hours. Is "low-cost" still a prudent option, when you have to borrow the money to build them from the Chinese ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-07 02:22 |
| #2 U.S. Speeds Up Drone, Missile Deliveries to |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-01-07 02:17 |
| #1 Will the US be there to save Iraq iff these mil toys aren't enough to stop the Qaeda Boyz + aligned ... ... OR WILL SAIGON(S?) FALL ONCE AGAIN??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-01-07 02:14 |