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Iraq
Sweden gov't seeks to dispatch troops to Iraq to train local forces
2015-04-10
[Iran Press TV] The Swedish government has announced its intention to dispatch military trainers to Iraq to join the US-led operations against the purported positions of the ISIL Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
murderous Moslem group inside the Arab country.

The government said on Thursday that 35 military trainers will be sent to Iraq following a parliamentary approval, and will provide training to Iraqi security forces in the fight against ISIL.

"Cooperation against terrorism is the key to success. Sweden will continue to support these common efforts," Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom and Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist said in an op-ed piece published in the daily Dagens Nyheter on Thursday.

The two ministers also said that the proposed dispatch of the military forces is in response to a request from the Iraqi government, underlining that the force could be expanded to include 120 troopers if the situation in Iraq deteriorates and the need arises.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!...
Belarus has offered to sell weapons and military equipment to Iraq in a deal that could help curb murderous Moslem threats across the Arab country.
An Nahar adds:
Sweden will send up to 120 troops to northern Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish fighters as part of the U.S.-led coalition against 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....
group, foreign minister Margot Wallstroem said.

She added that the Swedish troops will provide "military advice and training... not combat units" and that they will focus on Kurdish peshmerga forces.

The Swedish forces are expected to be in place in June and will be under U.S. command. No end-date for their participation was announced.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Sweden has determined that the Iraqi Army is deficient in gender identity training and also needs advanced social outreach support.
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-04-10 07:23  

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