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| Iraq |
| Krauts to send more troops in Iraq |
| 2016-01-08 |
| (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The German government announced, that it will send 50 German soldiers to train the Peshmerga forces in the Kurdistan region. The German government said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The Cabinet of Germany approved to increase the number of troops that were sent to Iraq to train the Peshmerga forces in the Kurdistan region from 100 to 150 soldiers.” The German Defense Ministry said in a statement, “The troops that were sent to Iraq have a wide experience in the field of military training.” Last year, Germany has sent 40 paratroopers to Iraq to train the Kurdish Peshmerga forces on using German weapons in their war against ISIS. Noteworthy, Germany was merely supplying Iraq with non-lethal equipment such as helmets and body armors, while promised to increase its military support due to the increased risk of the extremist organization. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 TW, are you serious? Go away. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-01-08 23:48 |
| #7 50 soldiers? Where is the Gross Deutschland Division when you really need it? :) |
| Posted by: borgboy 2016-01-08 20:58 |
| #6 Iraq is north of Bavaria, right? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-01-08 20:01 |
| #5 wide experience in the field of military training. So you guys know TRADOC, right? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-08 16:21 |
| #4 Hopefully they will send the Refugee Volunteers Brigade, since real Germans can't fight anymore. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-01-08 12:38 |
| #3 When they were afghan they were too fat to fight But they'll be training, not fighting, Jvalentour. And training Kurds is a very different experience. So that's ok. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-08 10:42 |
| #2 When they were afghan they were too fat to fight |
| Posted by: Jvalentour 2016-01-08 00:23 |
| #1 I thought they were going to send them to Cologne. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-01-08 00:12 |