US Secretary Of State John Kerry Makes A Statement During A Meeting with members Of An Anti-Islamic State In Iraq And Syria Coalition At Lancaster

[DinarThug]

CNN. Broadcasting From A Pub Crawl In London With John Kerry !

 

 

 

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ISIS momentum halted or reversed in Iraq: US Secretary of State John Kerry


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US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement during a meeting with members of an anti-Islamic State in Iraq and Syria coalition at Lancaster House in London



Jan 22, 2015. 



LONDON (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's (ISIS') momentum in Iraq had been halted or reversed and that US weapons for government forces would be arriving very shortly.

“In recent months we have seen definitively... momentum halted in Iraq and in some cases reversed,” Kerry told a London news conference after a meeting of the US-led coalition fighting ISIS.

“Ground forces supported by nearly 2,000 air strikes now have reclaimed some 700 sq km,” he said, adding that Iraqi forces would be getting lots of US-made M16 rifles “very, very shortly.”

“There is an (arms) pipeline here, and it is working,” he said.

- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/europe/story/isis-momentum-halted-or-reversed-iraq-us-secretary-state-john-kerry-20150123#sthash.zewzP3PV.8JV4rOub.dpuf

 

 

 

 

 

Iraqi PM: ISIS advance 'is being reversed'
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http://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/22/intv-amanpour-haider-al-abadi-iraq-isis-coalition-push-back.cnn

[Bunk]

 says Mr Heinz..

[DinarThug]

US ready for the Liberation of Mosul, with the participation of two divisions of the Iraqi army

Agency eighth dayJanuary 23, 2015, 12:53 
Mosul _ ((eighth day))

Central Command announced the US Army, the start of preparations for the battle to liberate Mosul, according to its leader Lloyd Austin.

Austin has been confirmed to the newspaper "The Wall Street Journal," the US, that the beginning of next summer, will see a large-attack to regain control of the province to organize "Daash."

He explained that the preparations include the selection and training of military units, cutting supply lines to the organization, pointing to the need for the readiness of Iraqi forces before the start of the attack, revealing the involvement of his force of two divisions Iraqi women in battle.

It seemed the international coalition led by the United States, the most serious in its war on the organization "Daash" in Iraq over the past few days, after the announcement of the death of the organization's leader in Anbar Abu Anas al-Samarrai, aerial bombing of Air Alliance, and the implementation of more than 16 air strike on the strongholds " Daash "mostly in Mosul

http://8th-day.com/?p=93165

[dantach]

This guy makes Joe look competent.

[DinarThug]

Here's A Detailed Article From The Wall Street Journal That Isn't In Arabish And Is Easy To Read ...

 

 

 

U.S., Iraq, Prepare Offensive to Retake Mosul from Islamic State
Half of Islamic State Leadership Removed in Strikes

Updated Jan. 22, 2015 8:47 p.m. ET

TAMPA, Fla.—The U.S. and Iraq have begun preparations for an assault by summer to retake Mosul, selecting and training military units and cutting supply lines to Islamic State militants who control Iraq’s second-largest city, the top American commander in the Middle East said.

Gen. Lloyd Austin, the head of the military’s Central Command, told The Wall Street Journal that the international campaign against Islamic State has inflicted significant damage. Opposing forces have reclaimed about 300 square miles of territory in Iraq and killed some 6,000 members of the Sunni radical group, eliminating about half its leadership.

U.S. defense officials have bristled under criticism from Iraqi officials and others that the campaign against Islamic State is stalled or moving too slowly. U.S. Central Command is eager to show that airstrikes are having an effect on the ground and that the American and Iraqi militaries have a plan to continue to drive fighters out of their key strongholds in Iraq.

U.S. officials said they don’t have a good estimate of the current size of Islamic State forces, although they were once estimated at up to 14,000. They concede that Islamic State fighters still control large parts of northern and western Iraq, but say much of the Kurdish-controlled areas have been reclaimed. Islamic State captured Mosul, a city of 600,000, in June at the start of its blitz across parts of Iraq.

On Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. airstrikes focused on cutting supply lines between militants who control Mosul and Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria. The planes conducted 18 strikes near Mosul and Sinjar, hitting Islamic State fighters, staging positions and armored vehicles, according to the U.S. military.

A coalition of Iraq’s most experienced military forces, including Kurdish fighters known as Peshmerga and U.S.-trained Sunni fighters, would be ready by the spring or early summer to begin the offensive to retake Mosul, said Gen. Austin, the chief architect of the international military campaign against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria.

Gen. Austin, speaking at his headquarters in Tampa, addressed questions about the pace of the campaign by saying the U.S. must wait for Iraq’s forces to be ready before moving.

“If we did things alone or with some of the other allies on the ground, it could move faster,” he said. “But the Iraqis have to do this themselves.”

Gen. Austin said he had not decided whether to recommend that U.S. ground troops accompany local units pushing into Mosul, but emphasized the military would “do what it takes.”

He said there are signs that Islamic State is having trouble finding new fighters—noting their efforts to recruit child soldiers and to forcibly conscript fighters in Mosul. The group “is beginning to experience a manpower issue,” Gen. Austin said.Defense officials said the estimates of the number of militants killed comes from the battle-damage assessments done by the U.S. after airstrikes. A defense official said the U.S. has a high degree of confidence in their count and that, if anything, it is a conservative estimate. Still highlighting enemy casualties is controversial, and even Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said body counts haven’t been an accurate measure of progress in the past.

In talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London earlier Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said his forces needed more ammunition, equipment and training, a spokeswoman for Mr. Cameron said. In public comments, Mr. Abadi said the sharp drop in oil prices had devastated Iraq’s economy.

Mr. Abadi was in London for an international conference to discuss strategy in the fight against Islamic State. Secretary of State John Kerry told the conference the support for Iraqi efforts against Islamic State wouldn’t fail for want of weapons or ammunition. Mr. Kerry said a “very significant” number of M16 rifles were on the way.

In Washington, Mr. Hagel criticized earlier comments from Mr. Abadi criticizing the amount and pace of the American weapons supplies, saying the prime minister should be mindful of the efforts the U.S. and the coalition are making on behalf of Iraq.

U.S. officials say they believe the population in Mosul will support the Iraqi forces. But they expect a tough fight, with the possibility of booby-trapped houses and roadside bombs.

The U.S. has begun training new Iraqi security forces at four sites, according to military officials. There are about 1,000 Iraqis at the al-Asad base in Anbar province, 1,800 at the Besmaya base to the south of Baghdad, 1,300 at Taji base to the north of the capital, and 300 Kurds in Erbil—the capital of the semiautonomous Kurdistan region.

Those forces won’t be directly involved in the attack on Mosul. Instead U.S. commanders are urging Iraqi leaders to use those newly trained units to take over defensive positions around Baghdad and elsewhere and send more battle-experienced units to Mosul.

Under that plan, Gen. Austin said two Iraqi divisions are expected to lead the force that retakes Mosul this spring, forces that will go to U.S.-run training centers in the coming weeks to prepare for the offensive. Those forces will receive four to six weeks training by the U.S. to prepare for the fight in Mosul, according to military officials.

Military officials say they face a challenge in convincing Iraqi leaders to release their best and most experienced units from the defense of Baghdad and commit them to the offensive. Senior U.S. officials have told Iraqi counterparts that the only way to ultimately ensure the safety of the capital is to push Islamic State forces out of Mosul and other key areas they continue to control.

“Most of the best Iraqi units are in Baghdad, and that is the thing we have to shake them free of,” said a senior military officer. “They are reluctant to let their best units leave.”

Last year, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, raised the possibility in testimony before Congress that U.S. troops might need to accompany Iraqi forces during the Mosul fight to help call in airstrikes. Gen. Austin said he had made no decision but said he may request that the White House send in U.S. advisers alongside the Iraqi divisions.

“I am going to do what it takes to be successful, and it may very well turn out…that we may need to ask to have our advisers accompany the troops that are moving on Mosul,” he said.

But Central Command will not need to make a decision on whether to request U.S. advisers accompany Iraqi troops until close to the operations, Gen. Austin said.

He predicted Islamic State’s leadership wouldn’t be able to reestablish their supply lines, opening a possibility that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the group’s leader, could be forced to abandon Mosul.

“He could make a decision to fight and retake those lines of communications, which I expect him to do. I expect him to ultimately lose that fight,” Gen. Austin said. “He could make a decision to leave Mosul altogether and go back into Syria.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/us-and-iraq-prepare-offensive-to-retake-mosul-1421949677

[new york kevin]

DT, I like the thoroughness of your 10:47 post. It is far more informative. Surely the M 16 will help, but the Iraqi forces also need Anti-tank missiles , RPG's and other heavy weapons. Let's hope those are coming soon also

[TrinityeXchange]

It's funny to read comments of citizens steeped in political bias also try to be risky investors. Hilarious actually. Obama's cabinet has done an outstanding job relinquishing maliki's control, which was adverse to our investment. Iraqi's are held to defending their own democracy without the loss of american sons and daughters. Our investment looks better now more than ever. Yet we hate the democrats in office because they are liberal even though the stock market has reached new highs and we have seen a full recovery of the market.

Sort of reminds me of when I played fantasy football. I wanted my favorite team to win yet I needed the opposing teams quarterback to have a career day for my fantasy points. It produced a double mind.

I decided eventually to quit playing fantasy football desiring rather to be a football fan. We humans simply weren't designed to hold opposing loyalties.

Edited January 23, 2015 by TrinityeXchange

[yota691]

Washington and Baghdad are preparing for the Liberation of Mosul

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

1/24/2015 0:00 

Opening of a new training center and the selection of units lead the upcoming attack 

 BAGHDAD - morning 

 as part of a US-Iraqi military preparations to attend her well in order to attack the stronghold of the president's "Daash" in the coming months, the United States unveiled near the opening of a new military training center in Iraq, to train troops Armed that will participate in the attack Almertqub.oukal US Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, in a statement to reporters, said that "three out of four sites currently witnessing the training of Iraqi forces, with the participation of instructors from the international coalition forces," he said, adding that the site will be launched soon, the fourth with the participation of coaches Americans. 

He explained Hegel, who had already resigned from office, but it has not been decided so far, that the "train and equip Iraqi forces to cope with the process of organizing" Daash ", is not slow." In an implicit him a response to the accusations and criticisms frequent against Washington specifically, in this regard. 

He noted the minister, who is not wearing a military uniform, that "the United States is doing what it can." 

In an attempt to clear his yard of criticism, he added, that "the process of training and arming Iraqi forces are the responsibility of the coalition, which consists of more than 60 countries. "In context, According to press reports, that Iraq and the United States, preparing for an attack by the summer to restore the city of Mosul seized by organizing" Daash "terrorist in June last year. The reports quoted, Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of the "Central Command of the US Army," his assertion that "preparations include the selection of units of military training for the attack planned, cutting supply lines to the elements of the militant group." 

The general, who had previously served in Iraq during the US occupation, he explained "It must be that the Iraqi forces will be ready before the start of the attack." 

According to reports, it "has yet to decide if he would recommend that US ground forces accompanied by Iraqi units in the attack on Mosul." 

He revealed Austin, that "two Iraqi military divisions are expected that Tcoda forces would fight to restore Mosul. " With attributed to military officials as saying that "those forces will receive US training for a period ranging from four to six weeks."

 

[gymrat76541]

America should stop at the borders of Syria! Drive all the roaches back & let Syria with their ally Russia worry about their country!

 

Syria has always been a breading grounds & training site for terrorist - Construct fenses like the Saudi's and contain the madness!

 

DO NOT GIVE RUSSIA AN EXCUSE TO ATTACK US FORCES IN SYRIA!

[uncirculd]

It's funny to read comments of citizens steeped in political bias also try to be risky investors. Hilarious actually. Obama's cabinet has done an outstanding job relinquishing maliki's control, which was adverse to our investment. Iraqi's are held to defending their own democracy without the loss of american sons and daughters. Our investment looks better now more than ever. Yet we hate the democrats in office because they are liberal even though the stock market has reached new highs and we have seen a full recovery of the market.

Sort of reminds me of when I played fantasy football. I wanted my favorite team to win yet I needed the opposing teams quarterback to have a career day for my fantasy points. It produced a double mind.

I decided eventually to quit playing fantasy football desiring rather to be a football fan. We humans simply weren't designed to hold opposing loyalties.

The stock market also reached highs in 2008 right before the 777 drop.  I don't see any rebound here, and it's just temporary just like this investment will be "if" it comes to fruition.  Listening to Obama's speech, is like listening to the jihadist.  It's ok to lie if it betters your agenda.   You know, you can keep your medical plan if you like it, and your doctor.  Not to mention the lies about the unemployed.  They use fuzzy math.  Unemployed folks is most likely more than 1/3. and I just wonder how many 30 and 40 year old mothers and fathers have moved back to their mama's house, and how many came with children.     The new numbers of welfare recipients are just part of another QE or government bailing them selves out on our great grand childrens future.  

If you really believe there is a recovery, have you noticed the price of food?  The government has been SILENT on that.   The money saved on gas just allows food to be affordable.   Until the gas goes back up, but I bet the food don't go down.  It's not a recovery or any sort.  IT's a beginning of more chaos, greed, and fraud.  I don't blame this all on the arrogant president, it's the whole body in that pointed building that once renovated will be the same poison all over again.  It's the folks that need renovating not the building.

Edited January 24, 2015 by uncirculd