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Army to test the ability to face challenges
On: Friday 6/1/2012 6:44
Baghdad / term
marks the sixth Friday of the month of January 2012 the 91 anniversary of the founding of the Iraqi army. This anniversary comes at a sensitive conditions experienced by the Iraqi Army to demonstrate its ability to face challenges, especially after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. As usual in every year since inception recalls the Iraqis over the roles that the army since its inception as Kovj Regiment Musa al-Kazim in 1921 that was dissolved and an end to his role in 2003.
The varied roles of the Iraqi army between home and abroad between his participation directly in the political life through a coup Bakr Sidqi in 1936 to its roles by participating war Palestine of 1948 and October 1973.
and after the October War and its entry in the eight-year war with Iran have reached teams to 50 Division and the number of its personnel a million men. At the level of equipment used to own more than 3 thousand tanks, like almost armored personnel carriers and hundreds of pieces of heavy artillery, in addition to a large number of missiles, surface-air missiles, ground-ground long-term. And 600 combat aircraft and hundreds of aircraft, helicopter multi-purpose transport aircraft.
The post-2003 estimated the number of members of the new Iraqi army about 350 thousand men distributors in 15 infantry division, one of which infantry division mechanism. And access to what belongs to the Iraqi army we see that the ground troops currently has 172 tanks fighting the President, in addition to 140 Abrams tanks US-made government began taking delivery since August 2010, in addition to 140 others in 2011 in addition to hundreds of armored vehicles, mostly Humvee US-made and a large number from the defender, mostly mortars.
and plans the Iraqi air force, which includes 1,600 for the acquisition of fighter aircraft from the F-16 US-made aircraft and French Mirage. in addition to possession of aircraft for training and transfer as well as attack helicopters and other transport.
With regard to the force marine consists of 800 individual can be increased in the coming period and has two ships medium-utility Aitaliti made that receive 2 other soon.
and after the departure of U.S. troops from the country according to the security agreement between the two conflicting statements and opinions of specialists, politicians and military on the ability of the Iraqi army to meet the challenges and the defense of the country's borders in the absence of having fighter aircraft or air defense systems, including Chief of Staff Gen. Babakir Zebari, who confirms the inability of Iraqi forces to protect the country by the year 2020 in addition to the question specialists ability to enter into any confrontation with the armies under the focus of his current duties to chase armed groups and carry out raids and inspections within cities and villages, which are the duties belonging to the police rather than a fit of regular armies.
Moreover, the construction of the new Iraqi army must be on the basis of professional based efficiency away from the sectarian loyalties or party and others, and that weakened a lot and raised around it doubts the possibility of success in fill the void after the departure of Americans from Iraq, while politicians praised the level of the current Iraqi army and that he could ensure the security and stability of Iraq, even with the exit of U.S. forces.
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