Iraqi Army
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Size | Active: 54,000 |
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Founded | 1921 |
Anniversaries | January 6 |
Headquarters | Baghdad |
Iraq | |
Part of | Ministry of Defence |
Role | warfare |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2318192 |
About Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Army, officially the Iraqi Ground Forces, is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces, having been active in various incarnations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. It was known as the Royal Iraqi Army up until the coup of July 1958.
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Qasem Soleimani: Iran vows "severe revenge' for top general's death
Iran 's Supreme leader has vowed "severe revenge" on those responsible for the death of the Supreme military commander Qasem Soleimani .
Soleimani, has ordered The Attack on the airport of Baghdad, killed by an air early on Friday from US President Donald Trump .
The 62-year-old Soleimani directed Iran Middle East operations as head of The Elite Quds Force .
Mr Trump, said the she took US to the end of its action, not to start A War . But The Killing marked a significant escalation of tensions.
An Iraqi Army source told the Reuters news Agency that further air strikes hit a convey of Iraqi militias in the Early Hours of Saturday Morning (local time).
Iraqi state television also reported the strikes, saying that they found in the North of the capital, Baghdad.
There was No Comment from Washington.
the importance of Soleimani was?Soleimani was widely considered to be the second most powerful figure in Iran behind the Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . The Quds Force , an elite unit of the Iranian revolutionary guards (IRGC) that reports directly to the ayatollah and Soleimani, was celebrated as a heroic national figure.
In his 21-year leadership of the Quds Force , Iran , Hezbollah, and other strengthened pro-Iranian militant groups in Lebanon; expanded its military presence in Iraq and Syria; and-staged-Syria-offensive against the rebels in this country's long Civil War .
The Pentagon confirmed that the US had killed forces Gen SoleimaniUS Secretary of state Mike Pompeo , the United States wanted to escalate The Situation , but The Strike rescued "lawful" and "life".
thanking you Later, Mr. Pompeo, crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia said, the "unwavering support" and "for the recognition of aggressive threats to Iran by the Quds Force ," The State department.
U.S. officials have 3,000 additional troops in the Middle East as a precautionary measure, it said.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Iranians held rallies held in Tehran and other cities, where what you call US to a crime.
in The Wake of The Attack .
What has been said by The Iranians ?Ayatollah Khamenei said: "strict revenge is waiting for The Criminals " behind The Attack . Soleimani death of resistance" would double against the United States and Israel, "he added.
He also announced Three Days of national mourning. The ayatollah would lead prayers at a funeral service for The General in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian media Soleimani family quotes.
Later, the Supreme National Security Council, Iran 's top security body, language, the United States had the responsibility for its "criminal adventurism".
"that was the biggest strategic error in The West -Asia, and America will not easily escape its consequences," it said in a statement.
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called The Attack an "act of international terrorism".
Soleimani's Deputy, Gen Esmail was appointed Qaani as a successor.
Another Middle East milestone?The Americans and their allies in Israel and The West followed Soleimani closely for years. It is likely that he will be in their sights before.
The fact that This Time The Americans have The Trigger pulled, suggests that President Trump believes that The Reward is worth The Risk is that the Iranian regime is so weakened, isolation, economic sanctions and the recent demonstrations, there will be rage but not a serious strategic threat.
But it is not at All Clear whether the bombing fits into a coherent strategy of the United States of America, and such an assumption could be dangerous and wrong.
Soleimani was a colossal figure in the Iran . He was a strategic genius. Maybe he has left a plan, to take the steps, if he were killed.
The Attack at the beginning of a New Year and a new decade, perhaps in the Middle East , milestone, touching off a further consequence of the bloody events.
To begin with, the Iranian regime now has the planning of the response to his death, to show that The Position Soleimani have so long defended on the outside of their borders in the Middle East can.
In the other answer:
What has this told US?you will hold them responsible for the deaths of hundreds of US personnel.
Speaking on Friday afternoon, President Trump Soleimani plotting imminent and sinister" attacks on the U.S. was "diplomats and military in Iraq and elsewhere in the region.
"We don't have to take action Last Night to stop A War , we have the measures, in order to be able to start A War ," he said.
Earlier, The Pentagon said that The Strike U.S. "in order to deter future Iranian attack plans".
The 3,000 additional U.S. troops in the Middle East of the 82nd Airborne Division and 750 soldiers to be sent from the same unit to Kuwait earlier This Week after an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
to, is The Strike , and who was killed?Soleimani, and officials from the Iranian-backed militias left Baghdad airport in two cars when they were approached by several missiles of a US drone strike in the vicinity of the cargo area.
The Commander had reportedly flown in from Lebanon or Syria.
the Iranian revolutionary guards said 10 people were killed, including five of its members, and the Iraqi militia leader, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Muhandis offered by Iran Kataib supports the Hezbollah group, the debt of Washington in a rocket attack on a US civilian contractor in Northern Iraq, killed Last Friday .
It is also effective in the mobilization of the population units (PM), an umbrella Association is to be run by militias in Iraq, dominated by groups aligned with Iran .
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Source of news: bbc.com