Baghdad has not asked and does not need the United States to conduct ground operations against Islamic State in Iraq, Prime Minister Haider Abadi's spokesman said Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that the Pentagon had not ruled out conducting ground attacks against ISIL.
"This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the U.S. Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations," Saad Hadithi told NBC News, adding that Baghdad had "enough soldiers on the ground."
Hadithi said the United States is required to coordinate through Baghdad any military activity in the country, including the airstrikes that an international US-led coalition is currently conducting against ISIL targets on Iraqi soil.
The spokesman, however, admitted that US assistance was important to Iraq to arm and train its forces.
Some 3,300 US troops are currently deployed in Iraq to train local forces and protect US facilities, according to NBC News.
US forces and Kurdish militia last week carried out an anti-ISIL operation in northern Iraq. The United States did not inform the Iraqi government of its actions in advance.
(Sputnik)
28/10/15
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that the Pentagon had not ruled out conducting ground attacks against ISIL.
"This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the U.S. Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations," Saad Hadithi told NBC News, adding that Baghdad had "enough soldiers on the ground."
Hadithi said the United States is required to coordinate through Baghdad any military activity in the country, including the airstrikes that an international US-led coalition is currently conducting against ISIL targets on Iraqi soil.
The spokesman, however, admitted that US assistance was important to Iraq to arm and train its forces.
Some 3,300 US troops are currently deployed in Iraq to train local forces and protect US facilities, according to NBC News.
US forces and Kurdish militia last week carried out an anti-ISIL operation in northern Iraq. The United States did not inform the Iraqi government of its actions in advance.
(Sputnik)
28/10/15
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L'Irak n'a pas besoin d'opérations terrestres des troupes américaines sur son territoire et n'a pas demandé aux États-Unis de les mener, a déclaré le porte-parole du premier ministre irakien Haïder al-Abadi....
ReplyDeleteLe 27 septembre, le secrétaire US à la Défense Ashton Carter a déclaré que les militaires américains n'excluaient pas de mener de nouvelles opérations spéciales contre les rebelles du groupe Etat islamique en Irak.
Pourtant, Sa'ad al-Hadithi, le porte-parole du premier ministre irakien Haïder al-Abadi, a déclaré à la chaîne NBC que toute activité militaire devait se faire en accord avec le gouvernement, tout comme les frappes aériennes menées par la coalition avec les Etats-Unis en tête.
"Ce sont nos affaires et le gouvernement n'a pas demandé au ministère américain de la Défense de participer à de telles opérations. Nous avons assez de troupes terrestres", a souligné Sa'ad al-Hadithi sur la chaîne NBC......http://sptnkne.ws/YyG