[Irak] passé, présent, avenir

[judi]

Il y a 1 heure, nemo a dit :

Il y a un accord entre l'Irak et la Turquie depuis de très nombreuses années. 

Jamais entendu parler. T'aurais des liens par hasard ? 

[nemo]

Le "droit de poursuite" : ça arrive régulièrement depuis l'époque de Sadam Hussein. De temps en temps Bagdad proteste, de temps en temps les kurdes, mais en réalité il y a un accord entre eux.

[Philippe Top-Force]

 

[Gibbs le Cajun]

Le 24/3/2016 à 12:28, Gibbs le Cajun a dit :

Des images de la Task Force Spartan de l'USMC sur la base d'appui feu Bell .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/24/these-photos-show-how-the-marines-are-using-their-new-fire-base-in-iraq-against-isis/

 

Semper Fi ! 

First to the fight .

L'artillerie , l'autre terreur après la foudre (  s'est la devise du 11°RAMa mon ancien  Régiment ! ,Alter Post Fulmina Terror ) .

 

 

 

On pourra observé un détail , mais d'importance ,le port d'une sacoche pour masque à gaz par tout les marines . Le risque est peut-être minime mais au vu d'être une cible intéressante à frapper on préfère assurer la sécurité sur le risque chimique même si il est très très bas .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Le 10/4/2016 à 23:34, Gibbs le Cajun a dit :

 

Near ISIS front, U.S. Marine artillerymen ‘fire every day’

 

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/veterans/2016/04/07/near-isis-front-us-marine-artillerymen-fire-everyday/82748578/

 

Semper Fi !

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/04/22/2300-california-based-marines-just-deployed-middle-east/83394284/

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2,300 California-based Marines just deployed to the Middle East

A new Marine rotational force has landed in the Middle East as the U.S. ramps up the fight against Islamic State group militants.

The final contingent of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command 16.2 departed Camp Pendleton, California, last week en route to the region to begin a nine-month deployment to directly and indirectly bolster Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS.

Members of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines will be the ground combat element of the task force, with air support from squadrons of the 2nd and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wings. They’ll be led by the 5th Marine Regiment with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 lending logistical support.

The task force includes about 2,300 Marines.

The new rotation of the crisis response force will be tasked with rapidly responding to a variety of contingencies in the combatant command, said 1st Lt. Christopher Harrison, a spokesman for the unit.

As with those they’re replacing, the Marines will be on station to launch airstrikes, train Iraqi soldiers, beef up security at embassies and remote military outposts, and recover downed aircraft and pilots at a moment’s notice. They’ll also work alongside U.S. regional allies, training them for the fight.

Sgt. Josh Greathouse, a team leader with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, scans the area during a perimeter patrol in Al Taqaddum, Iraq. (Photo: Sgt. Ricardo Hurtado, 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade)

“Put simply, our 16.2 rotation of Marines and sailors will be carrying out the same mission as 16.1, providing a broad range of capabilities to the [head of U.S. Central Command],” Harrison said.

MARINE CORPS TIMES

The Marines' new Iraq mission

The Marines arrived in theater as the fight against ISIS gains new intensity with Iraqi troops pushing to recapture the northern city of Mosul.

Speaking to troops in Baghdad on Monday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced an increased role for the U.S. military, including additional advisers, attack helicopters and rocket artillery. This comes “on top of what we're already doing,” Carter said.

“We're providing air power, command and control, other fire, training, sustainment, logistics,” he added.

Carter previously said the U.S. is also considering increasing the number of airstrikes, cyber attacks and troops to support the Iraqis.

MILITARYTIMES

U.S. to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to Iraq

In December, the Iraqis recaptured Ramadi following a bloody, seven-month slog with ISIS. They then consolidated their forces and last month launched a new offensive — dubbed "Operation Conquest" — to envelop and retake Mosul, which is Iraq’s second-largest city.

Mosul is at least four times larger than Ramadi, though, and further away from logistical support bases, cautioned Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, OIR’s commander, in a media briefing Monday from Baghdad.

“It’s an order of magnitude more challenging than Ramadi was,” he said. “Mosul is going to be more difficult, hence the additional support.”

MARINE CORPS TIMES

Marines in Iraq technically not in combat but still getting some

This Marine rotation marks the fourth iteration of SPMAGTF—Crisis Response—Central Command since the fall of 2014.

Matthew L. Schehl covers training and education, recruiting, West Coast Marines, MARSOC, and operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Marine Corps Times. He can be reached at mschehl@marinecorpstimes.com.

 

Quand j'observe le contexte ,je pense que de voir une force US de la taille de celle employé lors de la seconde bataille de Falloujah pourrait faire avancé la reprise des villes plus rapidement , quand on sait que pour Falloujah la bataille n'avait pas choqué l'opinion musulmane dans le monde du fait que s'était la destruction des islamistes radicaux ,je me dis que dans le contexte actuel sa passerait aussi de voir une force limité US ( juste l'effectif pour Falloujah qui reste conséquent bien évidemment mais pas  par rapport aux effectifs totaux que les USA  avaient à l'époque déployé sur tout l'Irak ) , en sachant que l'armée irakienne et autres forces ne sont plus dans la même position qu'en 2004 ,CAD pas "divisé" et donc pas motivé pour cette bataille , cette armée nouvelle n'ayant pas eu le temps d'avoir un vécu .

Au vu des retex de la bataille de Falloujah qui fait parti de l'histoire de la guerre urbaine du 20°et 21°siècles , depuis Stalingrad comme repère on voit la bataille de Hué , Grozny et Falloujah comme des points important dans des phases de guerre , bien évidemment je n'en oubli pas les autres batailles urbaine qui ce sont aussi déroulée dans ces conflits ,ou actuellement en Syrie .

A savoir qu'après la bataille de Grozny , des officiers de l'USMC avait rencontré des tchétchènes afin de récupérer des infos sur les retex .Ce qui semble avoir bien servi les US lorsqu'ils s'engageront dans des combats urbain en Irak , et la ils feront face à quelques caucasiens ayant rejoint les islamistes en Irak .

Je conseil la lecture du travail du Colonel Goya qui a fait une excellente étude et décortication de la bataille de Falloujah 

 

http://www.cdef.terre.defense.gouv.fr/publications/anciennes-publications/cahier-du-retex/les-fantomes-furieux-de-falloujah

http://fr.calameo.com/books/000009779d0e795d77411

Modifié le 23 avril 2016 par Gibbs le Cajun

[Barristan-Selmy]

Des combats ont eu lieux, une nouvelle fois, entre peshmergas kurdes et milices chiites à Touz Khourmatou : http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/982702/affrontements-entre-kurdes-et-chiites-en-irak-8-morts.html
C'est clairement les signes du prochain conflit qui aura lieu en Irak, une fois que l'EI aura suffisamment reculé et ne fera plus peser de menace sérieuse pour les ambitions et intérêts de ces acteurs.

Modifié le 24 avril 2016 par Barristan-Selmy

[Barristan-Selmy]

L’Irak s’enfonce dans la crise: chaos au Parlement, manifestations à Bagdad

http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2016/04/26/l-irak-s-enfonce-dans-la-crise-chaos-au-parlement-manifestations-a-bagdad_1448756

[Gibbs le Cajun]

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/04/27/dunford-awards-purple-hearts-marines-injured-isis-rocket-attack-iraq/83592742/

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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recently visited a firebase in Iraq to award Purple Hearts to four Marines injured in a March rocket attack carried out by the Islamic State group.

On Friday, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford made the trip to the base, where Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin was killed and eight other Marines injured in the March 19 attack.

“In all the years, I have not awarded anybody a Purple Heart on the ground where they received the Purple Heart,” Dunford said, according to a military news release.

Dunford, who served as Marine Corps commandant before assuming his current role, wanted to get a firsthand look at what the Marines at the base are doing and let them know that he supports them, said his spokesman Navy Capt. Gregory Hicks.

MARINE CORPS TIMES

Marines in Iraq technically not in combat but still getting some

In addition to talking to the Marines about their mission and thanking them for their service, Dunford spoke with the sergeant who replaced Cardin after he was killed, according to the release.

“When I spoke about Staff Sergeant Cardin, his eyes were welling up,” Dunford said. “I told him, ‘I really appreciate you taking care of these guys; they are counting on you and I know Staff Sergeant Cardin is kind of looking down. He would be doing what you are doing, which is merely tightening his chin strap and getting on with it, and I appreciate you doing that.’”

Cardin, 27, was a field artilleryman assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines. Originally from Temecula, California, Cardin joined the Marine Corps in June 2006 and was based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He deployed to Iraq once and to Afghanistan three times.

MARINE CORPS TIMES

Marines identify staff NCO killed in ISIS rocket attack in Iraq

Dunford did not take any media with him when he presented the Purple Hearts. He told reporters afterward that he did not want the Marines there to think he was only visiting them for a “photo op.”

Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire an M777A2 howitzer at an Islamic State group infiltration route in Iraq. (Photo: Cpl. Andre Dakis/Marine Corps)

Between 100 and 200 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed to the Kara Soar Counter Fire Complex, formerly known as Firebase Bell, which is a separate and secure part of an Iraqi installation.

From there, the Marines use M777A2 howitzers to provide artillery support to Iraqi forces who are clearing positions around Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, which fell to ISIS nearly two years ago.

MARINE CORPS TIMES

ISIS fighter responsible for Marine's death in Iraq killed in drone strike

Marines have repelled at least one attack by ISIS militants since Cardin was killed.

"Two enemy [fighters were] killed in that operation, the rest ran away in fear," Army Col. Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said on March 21.

The ISIS rocket expert believed responsible for the March 19 attack on the base was killed in an April 3 drone strike.

On notera qu'une autre attaque à eu lieu après la mort du sergent des marines qui fut tué par un tir de rocket ( le responsable de ce tir a était tué plus tard par un drone ) .

2 combattants de ISIS ont étaient tué en tentant d'attaquer la base des marines ,le reste de ce groupe a pris la fuite .

Comme quoi , cette base des marines est une cible tentante pour les islamistes .

[MontGros]

Cette batterie U.S a probablement subi une salve de Grad.

[Barristan-Selmy]

Des milliers de manifestants pénètrent dans la Zone verte à Bagdad

http://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/monde/irak-des-milliers-de-manifestants-penetrent-dans-la-zone-verte-a-bagdad_1787860.html

[Libanais_75]

Le parlement irakien envahi 

 

Il semblerait même que des députés aient été pris à partie par les protestataires

 

Les forces spéciales irakiennes s'apprêteraient à donner l'assaut pour les déloger du parlement. 

[Wallaby]

1er mai 2016. Images de la prise du parlement par les manifestants.

 

[Barristan-Selmy]

 

[Gibbs le Cajun]

 

 

http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/05/03/seal-killed-in-iraq-officials/83866702/

 

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American killed by ISIS fire was a Navy SEAL: Officials

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Editor's note: This article was originally published at 10:36 a.m. EDT on May 3 and has been updated. Some details have been withheld at the request of the Defense Department.

The U.S. service member killed near Irbil, Iraq by ISIS gunfire was a Navy SEAL, Navy Times has learned.

The special warfare operator  was killed around 9:33 a.m. local time from a gunshot wound, according to two defense officials.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said "it is a combat death" at a Tuesday press conference. The Navy SEAL's name and rank has not been released, while officials notify his family.

NAVY TIMES

Carter: U.S. service member killed by ISIS fire in Iraq

A U.S. military official told the Associated Press that the man was an embedded adviser to Kurdish peshmerga troops. He was killed by "direct fire" after Islamic State forces penetrated the peshmerga's forward line. The American was two to three miles behind that front line, the official said.

Special operations forces have been embedded with anti-Islamic State group fighters for nearly two years, training and assisting the resistance to the group that overran northern Iraq in early 2014.

In December, the Pentagon announced it was sending more special operators to Iraq to conduct raids. Experts say the raids have taken a devastating toll on ISIS leadership.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

[Gibbs le Cajun]

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/05/03/4000-sailors-marines-just-returned-home-isis-fight/83875730/

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NORFOLK, Va. – More than 4,000 sailors and Marines returned home Tuesday as the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group wrapped up its seven-month deployment to the Middle East, having helped set up a key base in the intensifying war on ISIS.

"I think our sailors and Marines know they had a great role in contributing to coalition forces doing what needs to be done in Iraq," said Capt. Larry Getz, who assumed command of Kearsarge in November. "We hope and pray for those that are in the fight right now, that we can get this job done as quickly as possible and bring everybody back home."

The ARG is comprised of amphibious assault ship Kearsarge and amphibious transport dock Arlington, both based here, and the dock landing ship Oak Hill out of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, offloaded its Marines Saturday, with the exception of those who remained at a firebase in Iraq.

Though tasked to provide maritime and theater security as well as crisis response in the 5th and 6th Fleets, the blue-green team was most noted for its contributions to Operation Inherent Resolve, the fight in Iraq against the Islamic State group, more commonly known as ISIS or ISIL. Key to that effort was the March establishment of Kara Soar Counter Fire Complex near Makhmour in northern Iraq, and roughly 15 miles from enemy territory. Fewer than 200 Marines set up the outpost, which has at least four M777A2 howitzer artillery guns. It marked the first time since U.S. forces returned to Iraq in 2014 that Americans have set up a quasi-permanent presence on the ground outside the perimeter of a major Iraqi military installation.

 

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Marines awarded Purple Hearts at the very site they were wounded

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford presents Lance Cpl. Eli Cisco with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22.  Staff Sgt. Peter Berardi/Marine Corps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gibbs le Cajun]

http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/05/04/navy-seal-iraq-isis-rescue-team/83923256/

 

 

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The Navy SEAL killed in Iraq Tuesday was part of a “quick reaction force” attempting to extract a team of American combat advisers who came under attack from Islamic State militants in Iraq's Kurdish region.

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At 7:50 a.m., U.S. military commanders received a“troops in contact” report, and ordered Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Charlie Keating IV and the quick reaction force to enter the fight and help extract the Americans. Keating and his unit arrived in the village and found a fierce fight with Kurdish and American troops in close-quarters combat. Keating was a safe distance from the town of Tel Askuf at 7:30 a.m. when about 125 ISIS fighters descended on the village, maneuvering in small units with 20 armed vehicles and several truck bombs, a defense official said on Wednesday. They pinned down about a dozen American combat advisers there for a one-day mission to meet with Kurdish peshmerga fighters who maintain several combat outposts near ISIS-controlled territory.

"There were bullets everywhere,” said Army Col. Steve Warren, a Baghdad-based spokesmen for the U.S. Defense Department. “He got hit just in the course of this gun battle. Whether it was a sniper or some fighter with his [AK47] is unclear."

Keating was shot about 9:30 am, and at 10:19 he was medically evacuated by helicopter to a U.S. medical facility in nearby Erbil. He died soon afterward, Warren said.

NAVY TIMES

American killed by ISIS fire was a Navy SEAL: Officials

Keating, 31, is the third American combat death in Iraq. His loss comes at a time when the U.S. is expanding its presence on the ground to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria. In April, President Obama authorized an additional 217 troops for Iraq, putting the total American force there at more than 4,000. Obama also approved an additional 250 special operations troops to deploy to Syria, bringing the total U.S. force there to about 300.

It’s very rare for quick reaction forces to be summoned in Iraq, Warren said. Tuesday’s battle was the first time in months that Americans have required urgent combat support, he said.

The team of American combat advisers had moved into the village of Tel Askuf around dawn. Their mission was to meet with the Kurdish troops assigned to that sector, which does not normally have American forces based there. The advisers were assessing the Kurdish troops’ supplies, their defensive positions and offering other tactical advice, Warren said.

U.S. commanders knew the mission was dangerous, though. The village is less than five miles from ISIS-held territory. Commanders preemptively assembled the quick reaction force to stand by in case the U.S. advise-and-assist team encountered any danger, Warren said.

The ISIS fighters and their fleet of about 20 vehicles infiltrated the area unnoticed by U.S. and Kurdish intelligence teams. “You can't observe every inch of earth every moment in the day,” Warren said.

The line separating the Kurdish-controlled area from ISIS is “not a wall, it’s not even a fence,” Warren said. It's checkpoints along major roads. Some outposts and observation posts.

“The enemy was able to very covertly assemble enough force, which included the several truck bombs, some bulldozers, and of course their infantry. And they were available to punch through the Kurdish line there, punch through the [forward line of troops] and really sprint towards Tel Askuf, which was their objective,” Warren said.

MARINE CORPS TIMES

U.S. combat death in Iraq reflects intensifying war

ISIS posted photos of the battle on social media showing its fighters operating several American-made Humvees outfitted with makeshift armor, and one "technical," a pickup truck mounted with a crew-serve anti-aircraft gun. There’s no evidence the ISIS fighters knew there were Americans in the village at the time of the attack, Warren said.

Soon after the battle began, the skies were filled with U.S. aircraft, including drones, F-15 fighters, F-16 fighters, some B-52 bombers and A-10 attack aircraft, Warren said. Those aircraft dropped dozens of bombs, destroying all 20 ISIS vehicles, two truck bombs, one bulldozer and three mortar systems.

Warren estimated the air strikes also killed 58 ISIS fighters.

MILITARYTIMES

This is the Pentagon's new strategy to defeat ISIS

The mission for Keating’s quick reaction force was to focus on extracting the American service members caught in the fight; Kurdish peshmerga commanders summoned their own backup unit with several hundred fighter to protect the city.

Small arms fire struck Keating's medical-evacuation helicopter as it left the area.

Ultimately, the fighting between ISIS and the Kurds lasted more than 12 hours but ISIS was unable to gain any territory.

No other Americans were injured.

Tuesday’s attack was one of ISIS’s most ambitious operations in months. It was similar in scale to at attack in December on the town of Tal Aswad, which involved about 100 ISIS fighters maneuvering in small formations with truck bombs and armored bulldozers.

 

[Gibbs le Cajun]

 

J'ai posté cette vidéo sur le file vidéo des FS ,mais je fais un doublon ici aussi :

 

[Gibbs le Cajun]

 

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/05/06/marines-sent-protect-us-embassy-baghdad-amid-unrest-iraq/84026120/

[Gibbs le Cajun]

 

[Barristan-Selmy]

Au moins 50 morts dans un attentat à la voiture piégée à Bagdad.

http://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/irak/irak-un-attentat-la-voiture-piegee-fait-22-morts-4220700

[Gibbs le Cajun]

Un peu d'humour sur la présence US sur le terrain :

 

[collectionneur]

Il y a 14 heures, Gibbs le Cajun a dit :

Un peu d'humour sur la présence US sur le terrain :

 

Cela ne s'affiche pas sur mon PC, Peut on avoir le lien ''normal'' ?

[Boule75]

il y a 3 minutes, collectionneur a dit :

Cela ne s'affiche pas sur mon PC, Peut on avoir le lien ''normal'' ?

J'ai rajouté un blanc après le premier h, qu'il faut ôter.

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[collectionneur]

C'est bon :) Mais elle date du début de l'année dernière au moins.

[Onyx29]

Irak : retour à Nadjaf, l’ostracisée redevenue ville sainte et rebelle

http://www.france24.com/fr/20160513-reporters-irak-nadjaf-ville-sainte-rebelle-chiisme-organisation-ei

[Boule75]

Lourde série d'attentats meurtriers à Bagdhad. Pas trop signalés ici ces derniers temps (ni recensés par moi, c'est lassant autant que dramatique) mais ça en fait un paquet.

http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2016/05/11/irak-au-moins-34-morts-dans-un-attentat-sur-un-marche-a-bagdad_4917337_3210.html