Day: March 31, 2015

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U.S. Envoy for Iraq: Tikrit victory ‘very encouraging’ – CNN Video

U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk tells Christiane Amanpour progress in Tikrit is a first for the Iraqi forces.

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Breaking News Governor of Salah-il-Din declares resuming official works of departments in the province Wednesday

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Published: 2015/3/31 19:32 • 31 Reads
Governor of Salah-il-Din declares resuming official works of departments in the province Wednesday
Salah-il-Din (Forat) –The Governor of Salah-il-Din , Raed al-Jobouri, called the directors of the departments to start their duties as of, tomorrow, Wednesday.

The Commanding General of Armed Forces, Prime Minister Hayder Ebadi, declared releasing Tikrit city where the Iraqi flag raised above the building of the governorate. \End\

Updated: 2015/3/31 19:45
http://en.alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=17715

Coalition assists in training thousands of Iraqi soldiers

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By John Redfield, U.S. Central Command Public Affairs

Iraqi army soldiers with 73rd Brigade, 15th Division, look on as U.S. instructors from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, discuss movement techniques and squad level tactics at a training area on Camp Taji, Iraq, March 24, 2015. The 3rd Bde., 82nd Abn. Div., deployed to Iraq as part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve to advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cody Quinn, CJTF – OIR Public Affairs)

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., March 31, 2015 – Though airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant may be the most visible portion of coalition support in Iraq, about a dozen countries are contributing to the training of Iraqi soldiers, an effort that so far has produced more than 5,000 newly trained Iraqi soldiers, with another 4,700 currently in training.

The coalition nations who are part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve have committed more than 1,500 troops of their own to train, advise and assist Iraqi security forces at four locations in Iraq, according to a CJTF-OIR news release.

“We want to do what we can to help change the conditions inside of Iraq and Syria so that what we see happening there now, does not happen again in the future,” said Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, U.S. Central Command commander, in his posture statement March 26 to the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The key to doing so is enabling indigenous forces to defend their own borders and provide for the security of their sovereign territory. This is the goal of our advise and assist and build partner capacity efforts currently underway in Iraq, and soon in Syria.”

The training courses in Iraq are six weeks long and cover some broad topics, such as leadership, ethics and law of war training, as well as practicing such tactics as reacting to ambushes, moving in different formations, and moving safely through roads and other areas where they might be exposed to enemy fire.

In noting the graduation earlier this month of about 1,500 forces from a six-week training course, Maj. Gen. Paul E. Funk II, commander of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Iraq, said, “these proud Iraqi soldiers will soon be on the front line, taking the fight to the enemy, and in time ensuring the liberation of their country.”

 http://www.centcom.mil/en/news/articles/coalition-assists-in-training-thousands-of-iraqi-soldiers

Federal police announced the deaths of 150 of the element (Daash) during the battles of Tikrit and the dismantling of 520 explosive device

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The main gate leading to the Awja area and the center of the city of Tikrit Imaging (Mahmoud Raouf)
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31/03/2015 19:10
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Long-Presse / Salahuddin

Announced that the federal police headquarters, Tuesday, edit the entire city of Tikrit from the control of the organization (Daash) except some pockets that will be addressed during the next 24 hours, as indicated that they had killed 150 terrorists from (Daash) mostly nationalities Arab and foreign and dismantled 520 explosive device, confirmed finding 13 labs for making car bombs and improvised explosive devices industry.

He said the federal police captain Raed Shakir Jawdat in an interview with the (long-Presse), “has been edited, but the entire city of Tikrit, some pockets in some of the themes will be addressing these enclaves during the next 24 hours.”

He Judt “was, today, raising the Iraqi flag on most government buildings and above the presidential palaces area and killed 150 terrorists, mostly from the nationalities of Arab and foreign and dismantle 520 an explosive device to the end now and found 13 plant for making car bombs and improvised explosive devices.”

He found that “the Federal Police made, today, a martyr of the most prominent police officers commanding the regiment commando sixth submitted Falah Ahmed roadside bomb during raised the Iraqi flag in one of the buildings in Tikrit,” noting that “military operations are still ongoing and effort of our engineering exercise his “.

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