Turkish Military presence in Iraq - Updates & Discussions

[BordoEnes]

Majority Kurds but Ba'ath government brought in more Arabs.

No its a Sunni Arab stronghold. There are very few Kurds from what i know actually.

 

[u.MP]

wrong

No its a Sunni Arab stronghold. There are very few Kurds from what i know actually.

Ah yeah seems I was wrong about the city of Mosul, I got that from these sites.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/asia/iraq-political-geography/mosul
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/mosul.htm


This is also the only map I found.

 

[passo_del_bosniako]

https://twitter.com/x/status/786411122773536769

This guy was trained by US & Russian Spetznas, former commander of Tajikistan SpecOp unit OMON, just to end up as an ellite commander for ISIS. This world.

 

[passo_del_bosniako]

https://twitter.com/x/status/786857423910932481

Interesting that official acc of ES is tweeting about Mosul. Maybe it evolves into Euphrate-Tigris shield in time

 

[Yellow-place]

"BUNU KONYA'DAN SÖYLÜYORUM, MUSUL OPERASYONUNA KATILACAĞIZ"
"Şu anda koalisyon güçlerine biz talebimizi bugün ya da yarın iletecekler. Biz koalisyon güçleri içinde yerimizi almakta kararlıyız. Bunu Konya'dan söylüyorum. Koalisyon güçleri Türkiye'yi istemiyorsa B planımız o da olmuyorsa C planımız devreye girer. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti devleti bir kabile devleti değildir, bunu böyle bilsinler"

 

[Saho]

https://twitter.com/x/status/787396303105953793

 

[Dirtdiver]

How many soldiers do we have in Iraq right now?

 

[Malik Alashter]

https://twitter.com/x/status/786411122773536769

This guy was trained by US & Russian Spetznas, former commander of Tajikistan SpecOp unit OMON, just to end up as an ellite commander for ISIS. This world.

our boys will smash him soon in Mosul if he didn't escape.

How many soldiers do we have in Iraq right now?

more than 2 thousands.

Bashiqa Camp in North Iraq

PM Yıldırım vows Turkish troops will remain in Iraq amid row

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has vowed that Turkish troops will remain in Iraq to continue the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to make sure that no change to the region’s “demographic structure” is imposed.

“Whatever the Iraqi government in Baghdad says, the Turkish presence there [in the Bashiqa region] will remain for the fight against ISIL and to make sure that the demographic structure of the region is not being changed by force,” said Yıldırım.

He added that at a time when there are troops from 63 countries in Iraq to fight against terror, concern over the Turkish presence in the country was “absurd” and had “nothing to do with good intentions.”

“Iraq’s reaction to Turkey’s military presence at the Bashiqa army base north of Mosul is “a fool’s errand” since there are soldiers from 63 countries in Iraq, the prime minister said, adding that Turkey aimed to ensure that more blood was not spilled in the region.

“Iraq is wasting its time by fixating on Turkey’s presence in Bashiqa, when there are troops from 63 different countries under the name of fighting Daesh [ISIL] and other terrorist organizations,” he said. The prime minister stressed that Iraq’s reaction came ahead of a Mosul offensive planned in October.

Yıldırım also criticized the central Iraqi administration for failing to take any precautions against outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) elements in northern Iraq.

[HH] Iraqi parliament’s decision does not represent all Iraqis

A resolution adopted by Iraq’s parliament criticizing the Turkish military presence at the Bashiqa base in northern Iraq does not represent all of Iraqis, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu also said, describing the move as ill-intended.

“First of all, we don’t regard the statement of the Iraqi Parliament about the annually renewed motion in the Turkish parliament as well-intentioned. We very well know that this does not reflect the thinking of all of the Iraqi people,” Çavuşoğlu said at a press conference with visiting Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic late on Oct. 5.

Recalling that Turkey had been renewing a motion granting authority to the Turkish army to conduct cross-border operations and to deploy troops in Iraq every year since 2007 because of “terror threats against the Turkish people,” Çavuşoğlu underlined that the scope of the authorization was broadened after ISIL began posing a threat against Turkey.

“We wish that Iraq could provide for its own security and stability and not permit these terror organizations’ presence on their territories. Unfortunately, the current picture in Iraq and divisions affect its ties with regional countries,” he said.

Blaming former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for pursuing sectarian policies which paved the way for terror organizations like ISIL to find an opportunity to occupy Mosul, Çavuşoğlu said Turkey had to take its own measures to provide for its security against both ISIL and the PKK.

“Still, we support Iraq’s fight against terror. The Bashiqa camp was not founded recently. It was established within the knowledge of the Iraqi government with the objective of training local forces against Daesh,” he said.

Forces at the Bashiqa camp have killed more than 750 ISIL militants so far, added the minister.

Officials from Baghdad visited the camp and provided financial assistance, Çavuşoğlu said, recalling that Turkey’s training efforts had become an issue as a result of problems within Iraqi internal politics.

“Our stance is clear. We want a strong and stable Iraq. We attach great importance to Iraq’s territorial integrity and independence. The division of Iraq or instability inside the country is not in our interest,” he said. “We do not want to see a sectarian Iraq. We regard the entire Iraqi people as our brothers.”

[HH] Iraq asks UNSC to discuss Turkish presence

Iraq has formally called on the United Nations Security Council to convene an urgent meeting to discuss the Turkish military presence in Camp Bashiqa in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, according to a Foreign Ministry statement issued on Oct. 6.

Ministry spokesman Ahmed Jamal said Baghdad had called on the Security Council to “shoulder its responsibilities vis-à-vis Iraq and issue a resolution that would halt violations of Iraq’s sovereignty by Turkish forces.”

[HH] KRG: Baghdad consented to presence of Turkish troops

Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Oct. 6 that Baghdad consented to the presence of Turkish troops in Bashiqa to train the Nineveh province’s Sunni volunteer forces.

“Two training bases were set up in Bashiqa and Dubardan near Mosul to train the police and Nineveh province’s volunteer forces,” said Safeen Dizayee, adding that “the KRG facilitated the process.”

He revealed that even “the [ousted] Iraqi defense minister, Khalid al-Obedi, had visited the Turkish military bases near Mosul.”

Dizayee reiterated that the KRG “is not aware of any other program in this regard.”

October/06/2016

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pm...-row.aspx?pageID=238&nID=104666&NewsCatID=510

Guys trust me Iraq and Syria way bigger than your wet dreams I just don't know why turkey bow to erdogan this guy really sick.

guess what Al Abbadi announce that you won't participate in Mosul operation now all Abbdi need is to let the PMF deal with you I swear isis way better in moral and better trained and battle hardened yet our PMF beat them in every battle you'll be beaten and your pride will be offended like never before.

 

[Oublious]

The big operation didn't started, again chickens are afraid...

 

[usernameless]

Guys trust me Iraq and Syria way bigger than your wet dreams I just don't know why turkey bow to erdogan this guy really sick.

guess what Al Abbadi announce that you won't participate in Mosul operation now all Abbdi need is to let the PMF deal with you I swear isis way better in moral and better trained and battle hardened yet our PMF beat them in every battle you'll be beaten and your pride will be offended like never before.

Turkish soldiers and tanks won't directly participate in the Mosul operation, only the Turkish trained locals under the name 'Nineveh guard' led by an Iraqi general will join the operation.

http://www.dailysabah.com/war-on-te...to-join-operation-to-drive-daish-out-of-mosul

as for your pride rabble, pride is the last word to associate Iraq with after the 2003 invasion. Well, i hope abadi won't make us wait for too long with his very verrry fearsome pmf then, but i'm afraid abadi knows very well that being able to beat up some isis terrorists won't make him win a full fledged conventional war, even worse, i don't think even iran, the one putting forth poor abadi against Turkey, will be able to save abadi and the pmf.

 

[OguzSenturk]

PKK sources say Turkey sent 1200 more soldiers and 8 more tanks to Başika Turkish Military Base.

 

[BordoEnes]

our boys will smash him soon in Mosul if he didn't escape.


more than 2 thousands.


Guys trust me Iraq and Syria way bigger than your wet dreams I just don't know why turkey bow to erdogan this guy really sick.

guess what Al Abbadi announce that you won't participate in Mosul operation now all Abbdi need is to let the PMF deal with you I swear isis way better in moral and better trained and battle hardened yet our PMF beat them in every battle you'll be beaten and your pride will be offended like never before.

You are Shia correct? Your response is expected and understandable, however the lack of sympathy and good will towards your fellow Sunni compatriots is extremely disturbing to say the least. Not allowing Turkish trained militants which are mostly local Sunni Arab people shows the intentions of the central goverment quite clearly. In which case Turkey has a good reason to worry about "demographic chances" aka ethnic cleansing. Litteraly every single Sunni Iraqi i talked to have stated their support for the Turkish presence in Iraq and even prefer Mosul to remain under Turkish control for the time being. Whilst most Shia Iraqi's have dont nothing but bash Turkey for their willingness to help cleanse Mosul of ISIS and stop a second mass refugee flow into Turkey. Its clear there are ethnic/sectarian tension within Iraq, in which case the presence of the TSK is a stabilizing factor. In others words, we aint leaving sucka.

 

[OguzSenturk]

Suriye and Irak are two small Vilayath of Turkiyyah, i hope our politicans wont messed up, then everything will be perfect

 

[Targon]

Seriously I can't believe that people still insist on such imperialistic dreams.

 

[CrimsonFury]

our boys will smash him soon in Mosul if he didn't escape.


more than 2 thousands.


Guys trust me Iraq and Syria way bigger than your wet dreams I just don't know why turkey bow to erdogan this guy really sick.

guess what Al Abbadi announce that you won't participate in Mosul operation now all Abbdi need is to let the PMF deal with you I swear isis way better in moral and better trained and battle hardened yet our PMF beat them in every battle you'll be beaten and your pride will be offended like never before.

Then stop barking like dogs and show us what you are made of