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Dempsey Arrives in Baghdad amid concern the influence of Iran
Monday, March 9, 2015
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Army, Martin Dempsey, arrived in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday, in the midst of an attack is the biggest offensive by Iraqi forces against al-State since June
Dempsey arrived on board a military aircraft "C-17" to Baghdad, where he is scheduled to meet with a number of senior officials.
In the meantime, the Kurdish peshmerga forces began an intensive support from coalition aircraft, attack against the organization in the South and West regions of Kirkuk, in an attempt to intensify pressure on the strongholds of the organization east of the Euphrates River.
The visit comes a week after the start of about 30 thousand element of the army, police and armed Shi'ite factions and members of Sunni tribes, and large-scale military operation to restore the city of Tikrit (110 km) north of Baghdad and surrounding areas.
Flight International Alliance did not participate in this process, though raids Alliance continued to Daash sites problem pressure on the organization, while Iranian media published photographs of the commander of the Qods Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Major General Qassem Soleimani, she picked him in Salahuddin province, and the position of Tikrit.
It was Dempsey, next to Baghdad from Bahrain, said that the restoration of Tikrit is "a matter of time," given the size of the attacking forces, but he referred to "the growing influence of Iran in Iraq," stressing that it will be transferred to Iraqi officials concerned in this regard.
He said the US chief of staff, that "it would be wrong to intensify raids against the group, which controls large areas in Syria and Iraq," calling for a "strategic patience" in the face.
He said Sunday: "dumping large quantities of bombs on Iraq is not the solution," he said, adding: "We have to be very careful in the use of our air power," warning that an increase in the frequency of strikes will increase the risk to the civilian population.
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Monday, March 9, 2015
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Army, Martin Dempsey, arrived in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday, in the midst of an attack is the biggest offensive by Iraqi forces against al-State since June
Dempsey arrived on board a military aircraft "C-17" to Baghdad, where he is scheduled to meet with a number of senior officials.
In the meantime, the Kurdish peshmerga forces began an intensive support from coalition aircraft, attack against the organization in the South and West regions of Kirkuk, in an attempt to intensify pressure on the strongholds of the organization east of the Euphrates River.
The visit comes a week after the start of about 30 thousand element of the army, police and armed Shi'ite factions and members of Sunni tribes, and large-scale military operation to restore the city of Tikrit (110 km) north of Baghdad and surrounding areas.
Flight International Alliance did not participate in this process, though raids Alliance continued to Daash sites problem pressure on the organization, while Iranian media published photographs of the commander of the Qods Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Major General Qassem Soleimani, she picked him in Salahuddin province, and the position of Tikrit.
It was Dempsey, next to Baghdad from Bahrain, said that the restoration of Tikrit is "a matter of time," given the size of the attacking forces, but he referred to "the growing influence of Iran in Iraq," stressing that it will be transferred to Iraqi officials concerned in this regard.
He said the US chief of staff, that "it would be wrong to intensify raids against the group, which controls large areas in Syria and Iraq," calling for a "strategic patience" in the face.
He said Sunday: "dumping large quantities of bombs on Iraq is not the solution," he said, adding: "We have to be very careful in the use of our air power," warning that an increase in the frequency of strikes will increase the risk to the civilian population.
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