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US to Make Peshmerga into Professional Army
The Kurdish Peshmerga Ministry has said that US support in the Kurdistan Region will not end wih sending weapons and military equipment.
The United State plans to make the Peshmerga forces into a professional Army.
“Beside sending military equipment, arming Peshmerga forces and carrying out air strikes against the IS insurgents. The US has agreed to help make Peshmerga forces into a professional army similar to other developed countries through training and military expertise,” said the Spokesman of Peshmerga Ministry Halgord Hikmat to BasNews.
Hikmat did not mention any specific dates that the training will be carried out by the US military experts and commanders.
Previously, Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani asked Peshmerga Minister Mustafa Seyd Qadr to have a plan of nationalizing Peshmerga forces and take them out from under control of Kurdish political parties so that they can become a professional army.
Peshmerga Minister Qadr showed his full support for this plan.
In the recent months, Peshmerga force is the only force currently fighting the Islamic State (IS) Militants in Northern Iraq.
Furthermore, several western countries have approved plans to send military aids to Kurdish Peshmerga forces including US, UK, France and Germany.
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The Kurdish Peshmerga Ministry has said that US support in the Kurdistan Region will not end wih sending weapons and military equipment.
The United State plans to make the Peshmerga forces into a professional Army.
“Beside sending military equipment, arming Peshmerga forces and carrying out air strikes against the IS insurgents. The US has agreed to help make Peshmerga forces into a professional army similar to other developed countries through training and military expertise,” said the Spokesman of Peshmerga Ministry Halgord Hikmat to BasNews.
Hikmat did not mention any specific dates that the training will be carried out by the US military experts and commanders.
Previously, Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani asked Peshmerga Minister Mustafa Seyd Qadr to have a plan of nationalizing Peshmerga forces and take them out from under control of Kurdish political parties so that they can become a professional army.
Peshmerga Minister Qadr showed his full support for this plan.
In the recent months, Peshmerga force is the only force currently fighting the Islamic State (IS) Militants in Northern Iraq.
Furthermore, several western countries have approved plans to send military aids to Kurdish Peshmerga forces including US, UK, France and Germany.
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