Iraq, commenting on the declaration of NATO involvement in the war on Daesh

[tigergorzow]

NATO rules out combat operations in Syria, Iraq: Stoltenberg

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11/05/2017

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Jens Stoltenberg, Former Prime Minister of Norway

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 P.M.) – NATO will not enter the six year long Syrian conflict in any military capacity, the Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stated during talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday.

“If NATO joins the coalition, it will not change the role of NATO. We will continue to provide support, we will continue to focus on training. NATO will not be engaged in combat operations,” he said.

Merkel voiced the certainty that a final decision on that issue would be made at NATO’s summit in Brussels on May 25.

 

“We are in talks over whether NATO should officially become part of the coalition. These consultations are going on. I promised to the secretary-general we will continue them. We hope to be finished by May 25,” she said.

For the time being NATO provides intelligence information for the coalition from its AWACS planes and trains Iraq’s security forces.

 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/nato-rules-combat-operations-syria-iraq-stoltenberg/

[ChuckFinley]

Got to love them. 

[tigergorzow]

NATO not to participate in anti-ISIS operations in Syria, Iraq

May 12 2017 01:28 AM

Jens Stoltenberg and Angela Merkel

 

Secretary-General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg revealed they would not take part in military operations against terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq.

"If NATO joins the coalition, it will not change the role of the alliance, and we will continue to provide support and focus on training, and NATO will not participate in combat operations," Stoltenberg said after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday.

Merkel said during the meeting that a final decision on this issue would be taken at a NATO summit in Brussels scheduled for May 25th, according to the "Federal Agency."

"We are having discussions on whether NATO should participate in the alliance," she said, noting that consultations were still under way.

"We will continue the consultations and hope that they will be completed by May 25th," Stoltenberg promised.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10438/NATO-not-to-participate-in-anti-ISIS-operations-in-Syria-Iraq

[ChuckFinley]

NATO will not raise a hand to fight but will want you to purchase their equipped.  Not happening. 

[mylilpony]

There is alot more countries in nato than just these jokers, so lets see what they have to say after the nato meeting that either trump or tillerson will attend.

[10 YEARS LATER]

NATO's entire mission standards need to be revisited . . . The Global situation has changed dramatically while NATO has not. Not withstanding the fact many NATO member nations aren't paying their Bills ! 

 

In or Out - it's make your mind up time and formulate a proper strategy for combating todays threats . . . as usual ( the NEW ) USA is now up to the task while the rest of the world tries to figure out a way to catch up. 

 

We'll just carry on while the NATO member nations Bureaucrats put their heads together . . . more on this breaking story in about 10 to 15 years.

[Theseus]

Merkel needs to remove her head from her warm and cozy robust derriere so she can finally see the light. Her mistake of allowing untold numbers of refugees into her country has caused the people of Germany unbearable misery, rape, and death. Nations made up of people will act like people. As long as they can reap the rewards and have to pay none of the dues they are happy. When the reaper finally comes to collect, where then will they be? Cowering like the people they truly are. NATO is and always be a precursor to the EU, socialist marxist imbeciles believing they world owes them their fair share all the while being the greedy fascists in which they return nothing in their cozy make-believe worlds in which they will dictate to you how you will live, eat, breathe and even poop.

 

That reminds me of a funny story. At the time of their so-called prophet, when he would squat to release that which was in his bowels, he cleaned himself with three rocks. Whenever a muslim enters a toilet facility they must do so with their left leg. Never shake the left hand of a muslim (and some asians and Indians, from India) for sanitary reasons. That last statement is not racist at all, its good common sense if you know the culture.

[Hotcurl]

6 minutes ago, Theseus said:

Merkel needs to remove her head from her warm and cozy robust derriere so she can finally see the light. Her mistake of allowing untold numbers of refugees into her country has caused the people of Germany unbearable misery, rape, and death. Nations made up of people will act like people. As long as they can reap the rewards and have to pay none of the dues they are happy. When the reaper finally comes to collect, where then will they be? Cowering like the people they truly are. NATO is and always be a precursor to the EU, socialist marxist imbeciles believing they world owes them their fair share all the while being the greedy fascists in which they return nothing in their cozy make-believe worlds in which they will dictate to you how you will live, eat, breathe and even poop.

 

That reminds me of a funny story. At the time of their so-called prophet, when he would squat to release that which was in his bowels, he cleaned himself with three rocks. Whenever a muslim enters a toilet facility they must do so with their left leg. Never shake the left hand of a muslim (and some asians and Indians, from India) for sanitary reasons. That last statement is not racist at all, its good common sense if you know the culture.

Yep, been that way for centuries - wipe with the left and eat with the right ..........................

[tigergorzow]

NATO leaders considering playing larger role in Iraq

May 18 2017 02:49 PM

British Chief of Defense Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, left, speaks with U.S. Chief of Defense

 

NATO leaders are considering playing a larger role in Iraq, where the alliance recently deployed a small training mission to work with Iraqi forces,  Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday after a meeting with NATO’s military leaders


“There is general agreement that NATO can and should do more,” Pavel said according to USA Today.


Dunford said the alliance may be in a position to provide long-term assistance to Iraq’s security forces once the militants have been driven from Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, and the level of violence has been reduced.


Any decision, however, would have to wait until Iraq’s government makes a formal request for continued support for its military, Dunford said.


“This is a global trans-regional threat,” Dunford said of terror groups. “We need a global trans-regional network” to combat it. "NATO  is an important part of that network.”

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10740/NATO-leaders-considering-playing-larger-role-in-Iraq

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France, Germany resist U.S. plan for bigger NATO role against Islamic State

 

by Mohamed Mostafa May 18, 2017, 1:04 pm

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Brussels (Reuters) France and Germany are resisting a plan by U.S. officials for NATO to take a bigger role in the fight against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, in line with calls from President Donald Trump for the alliance to do more to combat terrorism.

Many alliance members hope the plan will be announced in Brussels next Thursday, when Trump attends his first NATO summit. But France and Germany have misgivings, allies involved in the discussions said.

Among the concerns: NATO might be caught up in another costly, Afghan-style deployment, irk some Arab countries or risk confrontation with Russia in Syria.

“They are not buying it,” said a senior European NATO diplomat, who said some other nations including Greece and Italy were also wary of the plan.

“They want to know what difference would it make. All 28 NATO allies are already part of this effort,” the diplomat said, referring to a 68-nation U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State that includes all NATO members.

French and German officials declined to comment, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel left open the possibility of NATO as an institution joining the coalition when she met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg last week. Both ruled out any combat role for NATO in Syria and Iraq.

France’s new President Emmanuel Macron will have lunch with Trump – who last month withdrew his earlier charge that NATO was ‘obsolete’ because it was not ‘taking care of terror’ – before the Brussels meeting next Thursday.

While Islamic State is on the verge of defeat in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, and bracing for an assault against its de facto capital in Raqqa, Syria, U.S. officials are concerned fleeing militants could leave a vacuum that could prompt Arab tribal fighters to turn on each other to gain control.

U.S. officials say the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as an institution could contribute equipment, training and the expertise it gained leading a coalition against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. NATO military chiefs favour the move, said General Petr Pavel, chairman of the alliance’s military committee.

Diplomats said this could mean NATO using its surveillance planes over Syria, running command-and-control operations and providing air-to-air refuelling.

SYMBOLIC STEP

One compromise would be for NATO as an institution to formally join the coalition at the dinner with Trump next week, but leave the details of any involvement to a later stage.

“If allies can be convinced that it is only a symbolic step, a deal should be possible,” said a second NATO diplomat. “Trump goes home with a message that NATO is joining the coalition and NATO doesn’t have to do anything extra, at least for now.”

A broader hesitancy among European allies stems from the long mission that NATO has undertaken in Afghanistan, taking over the United States’ bid to defeat militants in 2003 after the attacks on New York and Washington two years earlier.

Given Russia’s concerns over NATO expansion in eastern Europe, and its role in Syria as the key military ally of President Bashar al-Assad, some allies also worry that deeper NATO involvement there could be taken by Moscow as a provocation.

But a stronger role in Iraq and Syria could also address concerns expressed by Mediterranean allies, such as Spain, Italy and Portugal, that NATO lacks a strategy for tackling the root causes of the migrant and refugee crisis.

Stoltenberg has talked about NATO’s “untapped potential” in building up armed forces. Options include more NATO training of Iraqi troops and police, as well as strengthening government departments in areas taken back from Islamic State.

“NATO is the only security organization with the skills and breadth to take on this task,” wrote Hans Binnendijk and David Gompert in a paper for the U.S. think-tank RAND Corporation.

 

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/france-germany-resist-u-s-plan-bigger-nato-role-islamic-state/

[tigergorzow]

NATO to join Anti-ISIL Coalition: AFP

By

Leith Fadel

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24/05/2017

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 P.M.) – NATO will join the U.S. Coalition against the Islamic State (ISIL) forces in Iraq and Syria, the AFP News Agency reported, Wednesday, citing diplomatic sources.

This move by NATO comes just hours after U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, stated he expects the organization to join this coalition despite some reservations by member-states.

“The NATO (member state) ambassadors decided this evening an action plan on terrorism for the summit. It includes the accession of NATO to the global coalition against IS,” one diplomat said, as quoted by the AFP.

 

“This means that the AWACS will not just do airspace surveillance but airspace management,” the AFP quoted a diplomat saying, asking not to be identified.

“They are going to coordinate the flights and direct airplanes over Syria and Iraq but only for flights which are not related to bombings.”

NATO leaders will formally endorse the decision at Thursday’s summit, the AFP added.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/nato-join-anti-isil-coalition-afp/

[SnowGlobe7]

bout fudging time

[yota691]

NATO to join the fight against Daesh

 

May 25, 2017 at 1:45 pm | : 

Image of Daesh militants [file photo]

 

May 25, 2017 at 1:45 pm

 

NATO is set to join the US-led coalition against Daesh, diplomatic sources say.

In a show of “unity”, following the Manchester suicide attack claimed by Daesh, member states of the military alliance are expected to formally join a US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria.

The decision by the North Atlantic Council, the highest decision-making body within NATO, is expected to be officially announced at a meeting today.

One diplomatic source reported by Al Jazeera said: “The NATO ambassadors decided this evening an action plan on terrorism for the summit. It includes the accession of NATO to the global coalition against IS [Daesh].”

With many of the 28 member states already taking part individually as part of the coalition, the decision to join is said to be mainly political.

 

Diplomats said France and Germany will agree to the US plan, but insist the move is purely symbolic.

“NATO as an institution will join the coalition,” one senior diplomat involved in the discussions told the Reuters news agency. “The question is whether this is just a symbolic gesture to the United States. France and Germany believe it is.”

Earlier yesterday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he expected NATO to join despite reservations by some members states which are fearful of getting dragged into another conflict.

Tillerson said that NATO’s joining “would be a really important step” but that “there are a couple of countries that are still thinking it over.”

“I have had meetings actually with one of those. I think they’re going to support NATO joining and becoming a member of the ISIS [Daesh] fight,” he told reporters travelling with Trump.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said earlier that “many allies would like to see NATO as a full member of the coalition … because it sends a strong message of unity”.

He added that in light of Monday’s attack in Manchester, “it is important to send this message of unity against terrorism”.

Stoltenberg had previously stressed that there has been “no discussion at all of engaging NATO in a combat role” if it officially joins the coalition.

[yota691]

Iraq, commenting on the declaration of NATO involvement in the war on Daesh

History of edits:: 2017/5/27 13:35 • 12 times readable

[Oan- Baghdad] 
Iraq commented on the declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, joining the international coalition that the US - led war on Daesh in Iraq and Syria 's efforts.

The Secretary - General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg announced last Thursday that the alliance will join the war against Daesh, hours of the first summit of US President Donald Trump participate in Brussels before. 
He said Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al - Jaafari, in a press statement on the sidelines of an international conference on victims of religious and ethnic violence in the Middle East, held in the Spanish capital Madrid recently: We are dealing with all countries that assist us in eliminating Daesh whether in the international coalition , or outside of the international coalition , such as China, Iran, NATO and they send me an invitation, and attended with them, and gave a speech, and they were very interacting, and I am thankful all of them for their support for Iraq. " 
between al - Jaafari that" Mosul was one of three large provinces in the grip of Daesh, are: Salah 's father Yen, Anbar and Mosul, has liberated Salah al - Din, Anbar, and the greater part of Mosul, leaving only 10% of Mosul, and gave her additional time; because Daesh gangs Taatdra civilians. " 
He added , " The Iraqi forces to evacuate civilians who wanted to go out; because they were in danger exhibition, and the security of them Iraqi army safety conditions, stressing: We think about the next step, step after the liberation of Mosul, a rebuilding infrastructure damaged by Daesh. " 
He praised the Minister of Foreign Affairs" Spain in the international conference on victims of religious violence , and ethnic, and Otman Z to continue, and follow this step until the decisions are applied well, indicating: All letters are arranged on one thing, a condemnation Daesh, and the assignment of the affected countries, primarily Iraq; because it is in the first line of confrontation, have been good ideas, sound, analyzes and realistic " . 
" The conference was a wide view of Iraq on the international position towards the rejection of terrorism; because more than eighty personal participated in the conference and contributed to the maturing of the speech against Daesh." 
The foreign minister stressed "there is an international understanding rising, and there is a growing awareness of these countries they expressed through the support of the stricken terrorism countries, stressing: Iraq became a state to reckon with in the field of construction, and the challenge, and the face of terrorism. 
" The victories achieved is an expression three facts: Iraqi political discourse unified for all parties, movements, and the unity of the Iraqi armed force , all of the army, the police, the crowd popular, and the Peshmerga forces and the fight against terrorism, and the sympathy of the international situation, the international coalition, and the aid that we received , including Spain. " 
in my Singled out the Iraqi minorities , said Jaafari: Iraq 's minorities enjoy full freedom, they are the sons of Iraq , indigenous living in various provinces, and are present in the parliament and in the government, we do not need to provide evidence of this, and do not suffer from harassment from the government, nor of the Iraqi society, but They coexisted, and are present in all organs of the State, 
and noted , "which hurts minorities, and all Iraqis is the gangs of terrorist Daesh; so Iraqis Hab all of them to face Daesh, and articulated by saying: Christians and Yazidis are working in the armed forces, and the crowd popular to defend plastic D, and defend themselves as part of the Iraqi situation, noting: that these concerns do not exist in Iraq, there is no city where diversity is not from the south to the north. " 
He described Jaafari , "what has happened in the British city of Manchester from terrorist attacks as: not a new process, and as it happened in France, America, and others, returned to terrorism and one even different places hit where, and what happened in this city is proof that Daesh goals are man killed wherever, "calling" that there should be research and investigation of suspicious elements that exist abroad, and they do nothing of Islam to be nothing, and that Islam is innocent of them. " 
On his visit to Spain and his meetings with Spanish officials explained: We conclude our relations on the basis of economic interests and security; so that they are more established, the strength, has touched understanding, and in preparation of the Spanish side more with Iraq 's cooperation, and signed two memoranda of understanding, the first on the promotion and the continuation of political consultations, and the second between the Foreign Service Institute, and the exchange of expertise and training of diplomatic cadres between the two countries.

[Theseus]

Ah so after the majority of fighting is done, NATO sweeps in and claims victory. Yep just like the libtards to lay claim to something they did not do. Remember zero's, to successful companies, "you did not build that,  although you did all of the hard work and spent many many late night hours on building it up, the government built it". NATO is going to say well we joined and see what we did, we destroyed Daesh for you. No need for thanks but give us lots of money so our leaders can get even fatter on the backs of the people.

 

 

 

[DWS112]

Iraq's parliament is considering joining "NATO" to fight Daesh

May 27, 2017

 

Yders Iraqi Council of Representatives of NATO to join the international coalition to fight Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

 

Foreign Parliamentary Committee member Khalid al-Asadi, told «News Journal», said that "the international coalition created an international decision by the Iraqi government approved the use of coalition airspace to bomb the organization Daesh sites."

 

And add that "Parliament has a follow-up to a minute and NATO is considering to join the international coalition through the Parliamentary Committee on Security and Defense."

 

He announced the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, NATO accession, the international alliance against the organization "Daesh" terrorist, without taking part in the fighting.

[yota691]

Iraq, commenting on the declaration of NATO involvement in the war on Daesh

History of edits:: 2017/5/27 13:35 • 275 times readable

[Oan- Baghdad] 
Iraq commented on the declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, joining the international coalition that the US - led war on Daesh in Iraq and Syria 's efforts.

The Secretary - General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg announced last Thursday that the alliance will join the war against Daesh, hours of the first summit of US President Donald Trump participate in Brussels before. 
He said Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al - Jaafari, in a press statement on the sidelines of an international conference on victims of religious and ethnic violence in the Middle East, held in the Spanish capital Madrid recently: We are dealing with all countries that assist us in eliminating Daesh whether in the international coalition , or outside of the international coalition , such as China, Iran, NATO and they send me an invitation, and attended with them, and gave a speech, and they were very interacting, and I am thankful all of them for their support for Iraq. " 
between al - Jaafari that" Mosul was one of three large provinces in the grip of Daesh, are: Salah 's father Yen, Anbar and Mosul, has liberated Salah al - Din, Anbar, and the greater part of Mosul, leaving only 10% of Mosul, and gave her additional time; because Daesh gangs Taatdra civilians. " 
He added , " The Iraqi forces to evacuate civilians who wanted to go out; because they were in danger exhibition, and the security of them Iraqi army safety conditions, stressing: We think about the next step, step after the liberation of Mosul, a rebuilding infrastructure damaged by Daesh. " 
He praised the Minister of Foreign Affairs" Spain in the international conference on victims of religious violence , and ethnic, and Otman Z to continue, and follow this step until the decisions are applied well, indicating: All letters are arranged on one thing, a condemnation Daesh, and the assignment of the affected countries, primarily Iraq; because it is in the first line of confrontation, have been good ideas, sound, analyzes and realistic " . 
" The conference was a wide view of Iraq on the international position towards the rejection of terrorism; because more than eighty personal participated in the conference and contributed to the maturing of the speech against Daesh." 
The foreign minister stressed "there is an international understanding rising, and there is a growing awareness of these countries they expressed through the support of the stricken terrorism countries, stressing: Iraq became a state to reckon with in the field of construction, and the challenge, and the face of terrorism. 
" The victories achieved is an expression three facts: Iraqi political discourse unified for all parties, movements, and the unity of the Iraqi armed force , all of the army, the police, the crowd popular, and the Peshmerga forces and the fight against terrorism, and the sympathy of the international situation, the international coalition, and the aid that we received , including Spain. " 
in my Singled out the Iraqi minorities , said Jaafari: Iraq 's minorities enjoy full freedom, they are the sons of Iraq , indigenous living in various provinces, and are present in the parliament and in the government, we do not need to provide evidence of this, and do not suffer from harassment from the government, nor of the Iraqi society, but They coexisted, and are present in all organs of the State, 
and noted , "which hurts minorities, and all Iraqis is the gangs of terrorist Daesh; so Iraqis Hab all of them to face Daesh, and articulated by saying: Christians and Yazidis are working in the armed forces, and the crowd popular to defend plastic D, and defend themselves as part of the Iraqi situation, noting: that these concerns do not exist in Iraq, there is no city where diversity is not from the south to the north. " 
He described Jaafari , "what has happened in the British city of Manchester from terrorist attacks as: not a new process, and as it happened in France, America, and others, returned to terrorism and one even different places hit where, and what happened in this city is proof that Daesh goals are man killed wherever, "calling" that there should be research and investigation of suspicious elements that exist abroad, and they do nothing of Islam to be nothing, and that Islam is innocent of them. " 
On his visit to Spain and his meetings with Spanish officials explained: We conclude our relations on the basis of economic interests and security; so that they are more established, the strength, has touched understanding, and in preparation of the Spanish side more with Iraq 's cooperation, and signed two memoranda of understanding, the first on the promotion and the continuation of political consultations, and the second between the Foreign Service Institute, and the exchange of expertise and training of diplomatic cadres between the two countries.