Friday, November 2, 2018

Iraq Deploys 30,000 Troops To The Syrian Border

Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq. Reuters

NBC News: Iraq deploys up to 30,000 fighters to secure Syrian border from ISIS

Iraq fears a repeat of its disastrous losses in 2014 when ISIS stormed its way to a caliphate.that “history is often made in remote, obscure places.” No one seemed interested in that particular remote and obscure place.

A huge deployment of up to 30,000 fighters has been ordered along Iraq’s western border amid fears that Islamic State could enter from Syria in a repeat of its 2014 offensive.

Two Iraqi Army brigades, each with 3,000 to 5,000 troops, have been redeployed to border areas over the past two days in order to prevent extremist fighters crossing over, according to the Iraqi military.

In addition, Shiite Muslim militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), announced that 20,000 fighters have been redeployed to the same border “to provide border security after some Syrian villages fell under the control of ISIS.”

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WNU Editor:  A clear sign that Iraq is not convinced that ISIS has been defeated.

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