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RPG-7 can shoot through M60 tank. Even if an APC has slat armor, it cannot stop an RPG-7.
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RPG-7 can shoot through M60 tank. Even if an APC has slat armor, it cannot stop an RPG-7.
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not entirely correct.
slat armor is designed to stop a RPG from detonating
^^^BTR-4 from Ukraine that survived multiple RPG attacks
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not entirely correct.
slat armor is designed to stop a RPG from detonating
^^^BTR-4 from Ukraine that survived multiple RPG attacks
RPG-7 uses impact fuse. When it hits slat, it detonates. The space between slate and main armor reduces the penetration of the molten jet stream.
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Sunni fighters holding positions in eastern salahidden province.
Recent video from Ramadi. Iraqi forces has so far captured 40%+ of the city.
PMF and police evacuation civilians who escaped from deash territory. Sunni civilians escape IS territory and walk through the Hamrin mountains for hours before finally arrive in Iraqi controlled territory.
Turkmen from the Hussain brigade of Tel Afar holding positions in the Makhoul mountains.
Recent video from Ramadi. Iraqi forces has so far captured 40%+ of the city.
PMF and police evacuation civilians who escaped from deash territory. Sunni civilians escape IS territory and walk through the Hamrin mountains for hours before finally arrive in Iraqi controlled territory.
Turkmen from the Hussain brigade of Tel Afar holding positions in the Makhoul mountains.
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Anti-Daesh strikes killed 4,000 civilians in Iraq, Syria
More than 4,000 civilians have been killed this year by "indiscriminate bombardments" - ostensibly targeting the Daesh militant group - carried out by Iraqi, Syrian, US-led and Russian military aircraft in Iraq and Syria, according to a report released this week by two rights groups.
In a press release that accompanied the report’s release, the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights and the Minority Rights Group International - both of which are based in the UK - said that more than 2,800 civilians had been killed in Iraq by airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi military and the US-led anti-Daesh coalition.
Another 1,200 civilians, the two groups asserted, had been killed in Syria by what it described as "indiscriminate" airstrikes carried out by Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The two groups also noted that civilian areas in both countries had been the frequent targets of "barrel bombs".
Barrel bombs are improvised containers packed with shrapnel and explosive material. Usually dropped from army helicopters, these low-cost munitions are believed to have killed thousands of people in Syria since the conflict began in early 2011.
Anti-Daesh strikes killed 4,000 civilians in Iraq, Syria
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More than 4,000 civilians have been killed this year by "indiscriminate bombardments" - ostensibly targeting the Daesh militant group - carried out by Iraqi, Syrian, US-led and Russian military aircraft in Iraq and Syria, according to a report released this week by two rights groups.
In a press release that accompanied the report’s release, the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights and the Minority Rights Group International - both of which are based in the UK - said that more than 2,800 civilians had been killed in Iraq by airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi military and the US-led anti-Daesh coalition.
Another 1,200 civilians, the two groups asserted, had been killed in Syria by what it described as "indiscriminate" airstrikes carried out by Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The two groups also noted that civilian areas in both countries had been the frequent targets of "barrel bombs".
Barrel bombs are improvised containers packed with shrapnel and explosive material. Usually dropped from army helicopters, these low-cost munitions are believed to have killed thousands of people in Syria since the conflict began in early 2011.
Anti-Daesh strikes killed 4,000 civilians in Iraq, Syria
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Anti-Daesh strikes killed 4,000 civilians in Iraq, Syria
More than 4,000 civilians have been killed this year by "indiscriminate bombardments" - ostensibly targeting the Daesh militant group - carried out by Iraqi, Syrian, US-led and Russian military aircraft in Iraq and Syria, according to a report released this week by two rights groups.
In a press release that accompanied the report’s release, the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights and the Minority Rights Group International - both of which are based in the UK - said that more than 2,800 civilians had been killed in Iraq by airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi military and the US-led anti-Daesh coalition.
Another 1,200 civilians, the two groups asserted, had been killed in Syria by what it described as "indiscriminate" airstrikes carried out by Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The two groups also noted that civilian areas in both countries had been the frequent targets of "barrel bombs".
Barrel bombs are improvised containers packed with shrapnel and explosive material. Usually dropped from army helicopters, these low-cost munitions are believed to have killed thousands of people in Syria since the conflict began in early 2011.
Anti-Daesh strikes killed 4,000 civilians in Iraq, Syria
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I think I need to start a NGO group. It seems any NGO group can get its name in the media.
I did a search on "Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights" and couldn't find much info. The only website which was supposed to be their official website seems to just be a parked domain,
www.ceasefire.ngo Coming Soon
The other group, Minority Rights Group International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, seems to be legitimate, but I don't understand how a NGO about minority groups is releasing reports about civilian deaths in Iraq.
Anyway, here are some names for my NGO that I think will make it look legitimate,
Human Rights & Peace Foundation
Democratic Freedom Association for Children
Equality for Justice Progressive Council
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'Unit 732', the French anti-IS volunteers in Iraq
By Jean-Marc Mojon 4 hours ago
Three French volunteers fighting with the Kurdish peshmerga watch a small surveillance drone returning from a reconnaissance mission near the Iraqi town of Daquq, on December 7, 2015 (AFP Photo/Jean-Marc Mojon)
Daquq (Iraq) (AFP) - The translator rushed towards the rudimentary trailer housing the French volunteers who came to Iraq to fight against the Islamic State jihadist group alongside Kurdish forces.
"Come quick, the general wants to see you! And bring your helicopter," he told them, as an armoured convoy assembled and prepared to leave the base.
General Araz Abdelkader, who commands the Kurdish peshmerga forces stationed in Daquq, a town around 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Baghdad, had just received information on possible jihadist movements near the front line.
- Paris attacks -
What the translator calls a helicopter is in fact a small commercial drone which can be carried in a backpack and has turned out to be the French volunteers' most valuable "weapon".
Fred, Kim and Pascal are among six former servicemen from France forming the French contingent in Daquq, not counting Bella the dog, the group's mascot.
The French volunteers fighting with the Kurdish peshmerga all have significant military experience...
They have called themselves "Unit 732", a reference to the date of a battle that saw Frankish-led forces defeat the troops of the Umayyad caliphate in central France.
All six have significant military experience, but the peshmerga keep them mostly in the rear and they have not yet fired a shot in anger.
"We're working on a training programme and, mostly, what we do is recon and intelligence gathering," said Pascal, a Corsican sporting a salt-and-pepper moustache.
With 25 years' experience in private security in France, Africa and the Middle East, he's the group's veteran.
The tiny contingent was welcomed by Iraqi Kurds, who are some of the main recipients of Western military aid to fight the Islamic State (IS) group.
France has good relations with Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Daquq front line, where the autonomous region's forces are deployed, is one of the areas where the French jets that are part of the US-led coalition have been the most active.
"These six men are worth many more, they master some technologies we don't," the peshmerga general said. "They brought this drone from France, it is very useful to us."
- 'Not crusaders' -
That day, the small device -- which has a range of four to five kilometres (three miles) -- flew across a wide open plain to monitor and record enemy movements without exposing a peshmerga reconnaissance unit on the ground.
The volunteers in Unit 732 got together on social media following the January attacks which IS claimed against satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.
A French volunteer surrounded by Iraqi Kurdish forces flies a small drone carrying out a reconnaissa …
"It started with Charlie Hebdo... something happened inside of me," said Pascal, who wears the Kurdish flag on one arm patch and the French tricolour on the other.
Other foreigners have volunteered to fight alongside the Kurds in Iraq and Syria since 2014, but no Western country has been harder hit by IS than France and the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris spawned new volunteers.
"The attacks at the Bataclan (concert hall) sparked a wave... Many people want to join us now," said Pascal, warning nonetheless against a mass influx.
Despite its name, the six Frenchmen insist on the apolitical and non-religious nature of the group.
"We're not Crusaders, we didn't come here because we're unemployed or bored," said Fred, another member of the group who served 10 years in the army.
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters watch as a French volunteer lands a surveillance drone near Daquq, …http://news.yahoo.com/photos/iraqi-...h-french-volunteer-lands-photo-100530933.html
"We are all fathers and have families... We came here to defend our values," he said.
Sipping tea at the little blue plastic table outside their trailer, the volunteers also speak of their love for adventure, and some of them feel confined to a token role.
"I don't necessarily want to kill, and even less be killed, but we'd like to get more involved," said one of Daquq's Frenchmen, who gave his name as Kim.
He and his comrades are aware their presence is essentially a PR windfall for the peshmerga, who have cast themselves as the world's first rampart against IS, and do not plan to stay longer than three months.
They could not afford to stay much longer, given that they all arrived in Iraq with barely enough cash for a hotel room and are only housed and fed by the peshmerga but not paid.
That is one of the conditions for a smooth return to France, where diplomatic sources say they are unlikely to run into any legal trouble, having not fought as mercenaries nor in the ranks of a terror-listed organisation.
France, a leading member in the coalition against IS, is busy trying to track the hundreds of nationals it has among the very jihadists that Unit 732 wants to battle.
Kim, himself a Muslim, explained that IS' recruiting prowess in France was a motivating factor in his decision to come to Iraq.
"These people are not Muslims, they're pigs," he said. "I wanted to show that there were French people fighting on the other side too."
Three French volunteers fighting with the Kurdish peshmerga watch a small surveillance drone returning from a reconnaissance mission near the Iraqi town of Daquq, on December 7, 2015 (AFP Photo/Jean-Marc Mojon)
Daquq (Iraq) (AFP) - The translator rushed towards the rudimentary trailer housing the French volunteers who came to Iraq to fight against the Islamic State jihadist group alongside Kurdish forces.
"Come quick, the general wants to see you! And bring your helicopter," he told them, as an armoured convoy assembled and prepared to leave the base.
General Araz Abdelkader, who commands the Kurdish peshmerga forces stationed in Daquq, a town around 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Baghdad, had just received information on possible jihadist movements near the front line.
- Paris attacks -
What the translator calls a helicopter is in fact a small commercial drone which can be carried in a backpack and has turned out to be the French volunteers' most valuable "weapon".
Fred, Kim and Pascal are among six former servicemen from France forming the French contingent in Daquq, not counting Bella the dog, the group's mascot.
The French volunteers fighting with the Kurdish peshmerga all have significant military experience...
They have called themselves "Unit 732", a reference to the date of a battle that saw Frankish-led forces defeat the troops of the Umayyad caliphate in central France.
All six have significant military experience, but the peshmerga keep them mostly in the rear and they have not yet fired a shot in anger.
"We're working on a training programme and, mostly, what we do is recon and intelligence gathering," said Pascal, a Corsican sporting a salt-and-pepper moustache.
With 25 years' experience in private security in France, Africa and the Middle East, he's the group's veteran.
The tiny contingent was welcomed by Iraqi Kurds, who are some of the main recipients of Western military aid to fight the Islamic State (IS) group.
France has good relations with Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Daquq front line, where the autonomous region's forces are deployed, is one of the areas where the French jets that are part of the US-led coalition have been the most active.
"These six men are worth many more, they master some technologies we don't," the peshmerga general said. "They brought this drone from France, it is very useful to us."
- 'Not crusaders' -
That day, the small device -- which has a range of four to five kilometres (three miles) -- flew across a wide open plain to monitor and record enemy movements without exposing a peshmerga reconnaissance unit on the ground.
The volunteers in Unit 732 got together on social media following the January attacks which IS claimed against satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.
A French volunteer surrounded by Iraqi Kurdish forces flies a small drone carrying out a reconnaissa …
"It started with Charlie Hebdo... something happened inside of me," said Pascal, who wears the Kurdish flag on one arm patch and the French tricolour on the other.
Other foreigners have volunteered to fight alongside the Kurds in Iraq and Syria since 2014, but no Western country has been harder hit by IS than France and the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris spawned new volunteers.
"The attacks at the Bataclan (concert hall) sparked a wave... Many people want to join us now," said Pascal, warning nonetheless against a mass influx.
Despite its name, the six Frenchmen insist on the apolitical and non-religious nature of the group.
"We're not Crusaders, we didn't come here because we're unemployed or bored," said Fred, another member of the group who served 10 years in the army.
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters watch as a French volunteer lands a surveillance drone near Daquq, …http://news.yahoo.com/photos/iraqi-...h-french-volunteer-lands-photo-100530933.html
"We are all fathers and have families... We came here to defend our values," he said.
Sipping tea at the little blue plastic table outside their trailer, the volunteers also speak of their love for adventure, and some of them feel confined to a token role.
"I don't necessarily want to kill, and even less be killed, but we'd like to get more involved," said one of Daquq's Frenchmen, who gave his name as Kim.
He and his comrades are aware their presence is essentially a PR windfall for the peshmerga, who have cast themselves as the world's first rampart against IS, and do not plan to stay longer than three months.
They could not afford to stay much longer, given that they all arrived in Iraq with barely enough cash for a hotel room and are only housed and fed by the peshmerga but not paid.
That is one of the conditions for a smooth return to France, where diplomatic sources say they are unlikely to run into any legal trouble, having not fought as mercenaries nor in the ranks of a terror-listed organisation.
France, a leading member in the coalition against IS, is busy trying to track the hundreds of nationals it has among the very jihadists that Unit 732 wants to battle.
Kim, himself a Muslim, explained that IS' recruiting prowess in France was a motivating factor in his decision to come to Iraq.
"These people are not Muslims, they're pigs," he said. "I wanted to show that there were French people fighting on the other side too."
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Another proofs that the USA siding with ISIS or they just completely incompetent? USA carrying like 1 air strike per week against ISIS, yet they even failing at this.
The best solution for Iraq is to get arm their air force with squadron of Mig-29\Su-30 and then close its air space to US fighter jets.
Romanian MLRS APR-40 (clone BM-21 Grad) on the chassis of Volvo FMX in Iraq
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