Iraq - Kurd general says his brigade training intensively for urban combat in Baghdad

Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | January 13, 2007

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A Kurdish army brigade in northern Iraq was undergoing intensive urban combat training as it readied for deployment in the latest Baghdad security operation and was expected to take on the capital's Mahdi Army Shiite militia, its commander said on Saturday.

Meanwhile, three Iraqi generals told The Associated Press that the Iraqi commander who will lead the overall Baghdad security mission was the government's second choice and only got the job after the U.S. military objected to the first officer named to the post by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

In the northern city of Irbil, Brig. Gen. Nazir Assem Korran, commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division of the Iraqi army, said "we will head to Baghdad soon. We have 3,000 soldiers who are currently undergoing intensive training especially in urban combat and how the army should act inside a city,"

Korran told The AP he did not know how the operation would unfold but said the Defense Ministry in Baghdad had asked his brigade to take part in the security operation along with thousands of other Iraqi and U.S. troops.

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[SolidWood]

If there is something Kurds can, it's fighting like lions.
I hope they don't have any sissy PC rules hamstringing their troops.

[observer5]

Great way to get the kurdish north involved in the mess in the south.

[duckman]

"I hope they don't have any sissy PC rules hamstringing their troops."

I think the 'gloves' are off now.

[HardStarboard]

I have read that the only enemy that Iranians , Iraqi Sunni, Iraqi Shia, Syrians and Turks all have a deathly fear of is the Kurdish Peshmerga.

Its about time we got them involved in settling the crazies down a bit!!

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the link to the full article (post #1 , the link #2 did not work for me )

I am thinking less and less of al-Maliki these days do not know if he is the right man for the job. One reason is that he continues to avoid naming al-Sadr's Mahdi Army as a target of the military operations.

So glad that Hillary's one day trip to Iraq is all she needs. Darn the lady is smart ;)

[ClaireSolt]

I was flabbergasted when media comment put down the Peshmerga. Everything I have heard previously has been very complimentary. Juan Williams said they didn't have moral authority. LOL