Turkey said it had deployed a force protection unit earlier this month to the area due to heightened security risks near a camp where its troops were training an Iraqi militia to fight Islamic State insurgents. Ankara acknowledged that there had been a "miscommunication" with Baghdad over the deployment.
Iraqi security forces have had only a limited presence in Nineveh province where the camp is located since collapsing in June 2014 in the face of a lightning advance by Islamic State.
jpost.com by Reuters
30/12/15
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- Iraq FM tells Turkey to pull out of north, threatens action...
Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated demands that Turkish troops pull out of northern Iraq, warning Ankara that Baghdad may otherwise have to consider military action.
A Turkey-Iraq spat flared up in early December after Turkey deployed reinforcements to a camp in northern Iraq's Bashiqa region where Ankara is helping train Sunni and Kurdish fighters to battle Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.
The deployment riled Baghdad, which considers the new troops an illegal incursion and which subsequently demanded their immediate and complete withdrawal.
After Iraq's demands, Turkey began withdrawing the troops but not completely.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Dec. 30 that Baghdad will continue to pursue peaceful means, but that if there is no other solution and if "fighting is imposed on us, we will consider it to protect our sovereignty."
AP
hurriyetdailynews.com
30/12/15
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Bagdad hat Ankara ein weiteres Mal aufgerufen, seine Truppen aus dem Irak abzuziehen....
ReplyDelete„Ansonsten wird der Irak militärische Gewalt anwenden müssen, um die Situation zu regeln“, erklärte der irakische Außenminister Ibrahim al-Dschafari am Mittwoch nach Angaben der Agentur Reuters.
„Sollte es keine andere Entscheidung bis auf die militärische geben, werden wir sie anwenden. Sollten wir uns gezwungen sehen, unsere Souveränität und die Reichtümer des Landes zu schützen, werden wir kämpfen“, wurde der Minister von der Agentur zitiert...........http://de.sputniknews.com/militar/20151230/306888554/irak-tuerkei-invasion-drohung.html#ixzz3vq5GAKl4
If Baghdad wants to use force, it should be against Islamic State, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday, after his Iraqi counterpart threatened possible military action over Turkish troops deployed in northern Iraq...
ReplyDeleteSpeaking during an interview on NTV, Davutoglu acknowledged there had been "miscommunication" over the troop deployment. He said that Ankara respected Iraqi sovereignty but added that Baghdad is not in control one third of its own territory.
REUTERS
30/12/15