Peshmerga

[jjmuneer]

Made this:

[Flappy Entertainment]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VWorhkBq4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

you see some never seen before @ peshmerga , 0:40

[alan131210]

^^^ what are they ? very impressive stuff, yeah we are not buying weapons bcoz iraqi supermen keep cancelling our contracts

[Rando]

BRDM-2s.
amphibious Armoured cars. Former iraqi army operated hundreds of them.

[alan131210]

better version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifivR-_MLM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

[alan131210]

Ministry of Peshmerga Clarified the Situations of the Detached Areas to the Sweden Parliament



General Director of media and nationalistic awareness of KRG’s Peshmerga ministry clarified the recent military situation to the Sweden parliament.

Halgurd Mala Ali, General Director of media and nationalistic awareness of KRG’s Peshmerga ministry, visited the Sweden parliament up on the invitation of a number of Sweden parliament members and he clarified the recent military situation to the Sweden parliament.

He answered some questions of Sweden parliament members about the latest events concerning the deploying Iraqi armies and establishing new military unit in Kirkuk by Iraqi government. He mentioned that Kurds are tried very hard in reconstructing Iraq after Saddam Hussein and thinking about Iraqi army as one united army without doctrine and differentiated nations. But as it shows the Iraqi army is under the influence of specific force. The force wants to make disputes worse by using military forces.

Halgurd Mala Ali also cleared that Kurds never like war and never think about it. Kurds do not like use army forces to the political issues. He assured that Kurdish people are peaceful and European countries should treat Kurds according to this view as world could understand more the Kurds peace message.

[alan131210]

Yawar: "kurds form less than 3% of iraqi army" Babakr: "kurds form 8%"

Hawler, Sep 24 (AKnews) - While KRG has confirmed the Kurdish percentage in the Iraqi army does not exceed 3%, but the general commander of IA says kurds form 8% of the total number while it should be 17%.

Jabar Yawar told (Hawlati) news agency that "i will challenge anyone that can prove it to me kurds form more than 3% of the Iraqi army, because kurds keep leaving this army and do not stand been a part of it".

On the other hand, Babakir Zebari the general commander of the Iraqi armed forces told the same news agency few days earlier, that "the total number of the ground forces in the Iraqi army consists of 266,000 and 4 regiments while kurds only consist 8% of it".

Regarding the small number of kurds in the IA Zebari said "the reasons is that kurds do not like been soldiers, and the current IA is a voluntary army, so most of the kurds are high ranking officers, but Arabs from south and mid of Iraq join IA as soldiers because they mostly don't have jobs".

"the Iraqi army does not have a naval force or airforce and not even an anti-aircraft squadron except having their commanders which are very small in number anyway, it is like close to been non existence, most of the IA consists of the ground forces". He added.

http://www.aknews.com/ku/aknews/4/327511/

[Flappy Entertainment]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlf91EnqGOk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

nice song ! Kurdish Asayish


Who can make such videos remix of Kurdish army like that with a hip hop song

[alan131210]

Kurdish Ranks in Army and Government Reduced to Record Low Since Maliki's Second Term


A Kurdish officer serving in the Iraqi army on a nighttime patrol outside Kirkuk.

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish officials in Baghdad are concerned about the marginalization of Kurds in the ranks of the Iraqi Army.

Arif Tayfur, deputy speaker of Iraqi Parliament, blames it on the "bad intentions" of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the current federal government.

He says that the number of Kurds in the Iraqi Army, ministries and government institutions has not been this low since before 2003.

Tayfur, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) political bureau, believes that the Kurds should push for their 23 percent representation in the Iraqi Army.

"The Kurds will lose a lot if this does not happen,” Tayfur said. “They have been left behind in most government institutions."

According to agreements signed following the collapse of Saddam Hussein, the Kurds must have 23 percent representation in the army and other important government posts.

But Kurdish MPs in Iraqi Parliament say that currently the Kurds form less than 4 percent of the Iraqi Army and that this happened after Maliki became prime minister for the second time.

Shwan Muhammed Taha, part of the security committee in Iraqi Parliament and a member of the Kurdistan Alliance, said, "The security apparatuses are controlled by Maliki's office and have become like another Council of Ministers.”

“The Iraqi Army issue is over for the Kurds and does not need further discussion,” he added, “because all the military, security and intelligence powers, on land and in the air, are controlled by Maliki. The Kurdish officials there are only there to watch."

Taha said that they raised this issue with the army in 2006, when Kurdish presence at the time was only 6 percent.

"But now the Kurds make up only 3 percent of the Iraqi Army. Of 15 military brigades, only two have Kurdish commanders and these commanders have no power. In the past two years, 13 lieutenant general military ranks have been awarded in the Iraqi Army and none of them were given to a Kurd," he said.

Maliki's systematic policy of removing Kurds from governmental posts and the military has worried Kurdish MPs in Iraqi Parliament.

Hassan Jihad, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) MP and member of the parliamentary committee for security and defense, called the absence of Kurds in key military ranks “very alarming."

He also said that he has prepared a list of all sacked Kurdish officials and those denied military promotions to confront Maliki with the next time his committee meets with him. "All these issues have been documented by solid data and we will bring them up,” Jihad said.

He added, “The time for complaining is over. The Kurds have lost control in the army. The only solution is to question Maliki openly in parliament.”

So far, Maliki has moved the Iraqi Army towards the disputed areas four times. The last time, tensions between the Iraqi Army and Peshmerga forces in Mosul province came close to a military confrontation.

Last week, Maliki announced that he was creating committees for some local administrations to balance power with the army.

"These committees are as powerful as other governmental committees," said Taha.

"Maliki has created his own offices for each area that is controlled by the Kurds, which has undermined their authority,” Tayfur explained.

He added, “When there are military and air force courses, only one or two Kurds are allowed to participate. In other places, Kurds are not willing to come to Baghdad as employees. Therefore we cannot achieve a 23 percent presence.”

"We are aware that Maliki has brought many chauvinist Arabs into the Iraqi Army with the goal of marginalizing the Kurds,” Tayfur said. “The only governmental institution which has preserved its Kurdish presence is Iraqi Parliament, with a 17 percent presence."

[RawandKurdistani]

Kurdish Ranks in Army and Government Reduced to Record Low Since Maliki's Second Term


A Kurdish officer serving in the Iraqi army on a nighttime patrol outside Kirkuk.

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish officials in Baghdad are concerned about the marginalization of Kurds in the ranks of the Iraqi Army.

Arif Tayfur, deputy speaker of Iraqi Parliament, blames it on the "bad intentions" of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the current federal government.

He says that the number of Kurds in the Iraqi Army, ministries and government institutions has not been this low since before 2003.

Tayfur, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) political bureau, believes that the Kurds should push for their 23 percent representation in the Iraqi Army.

"The Kurds will lose a lot if this does not happen,” Tayfur said. “They have been left behind in most government institutions."

According to agreements signed following the collapse of Saddam Hussein, the Kurds must have 23 percent representation in the army and other important government posts.

But Kurdish MPs in Iraqi Parliament say that currently the Kurds form less than 4 percent of the Iraqi Army and that this happened after Maliki became prime minister for the second time.

Shwan Muhammed Taha, part of the security committee in Iraqi Parliament and a member of the Kurdistan Alliance, said, "The security apparatuses are controlled by Maliki's office and have become like another Council of Ministers.”

“The Iraqi Army issue is over for the Kurds and does not need further discussion,” he added, “because all the military, security and intelligence powers, on land and in the air, are controlled by Maliki. The Kurdish officials there are only there to watch."

Taha said that they raised this issue with the army in 2006, when Kurdish presence at the time was only 6 percent.

"But now the Kurds make up only 3 percent of the Iraqi Army. Of 15 military brigades, only two have Kurdish commanders and these commanders have no power. In the past two years, 13 lieutenant general military ranks have been awarded in the Iraqi Army and none of them were given to a Kurd," he said.

Maliki's systematic policy of removing Kurds from governmental posts and the military has worried Kurdish MPs in Iraqi Parliament.

Hassan Jihad, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) MP and member of the parliamentary committee for security and defense, called the absence of Kurds in key military ranks “very alarming."

He also said that he has prepared a list of all sacked Kurdish officials and those denied military promotions to confront Maliki with the next time his committee meets with him. "All these issues have been documented by solid data and we will bring them up,” Jihad said.

He added, “The time for complaining is over. The Kurds have lost control in the army. The only solution is to question Maliki openly in parliament.”

So far, Maliki has moved the Iraqi Army towards the disputed areas four times. The last time, tensions between the Iraqi Army and Peshmerga forces in Mosul province came close to a military confrontation.

Last week, Maliki announced that he was creating committees for some local administrations to balance power with the army.

"These committees are as powerful as other governmental committees," said Taha.

"Maliki has created his own offices for each area that is controlled by the Kurds, which has undermined their authority,” Tayfur explained.

He added, “When there are military and air force courses, only one or two Kurds are allowed to participate. In other places, Kurds are not willing to come to Baghdad as employees. Therefore we cannot achieve a 23 percent presence.”

"We are aware that Maliki has brought many chauvinist Arabs into the Iraqi Army with the goal of marginalizing the Kurds,” Tayfur said. “The only governmental institution which has preserved its Kurdish presence is Iraqi Parliament, with a 17 percent presence."

I see this as a positive thing, what would kurds be doing in an army that hates them anyway, Besides we need those Peshmerga back home.

[purearch72]

This might have already been posted talks about Kurds buying 24 apache helicopters from USA and supposedly buying jets from isreal. http://www.usmessageboard.com/iraq/2308 ... ers-3.html

[burnsss]

This might have already been posted talks about Kurds buying 24 apache helicopters from USA and supposedly buying jets from isreal. http://www.usmessageboard.com/iraq/2308 ... ers-3.html

Heheh who is kirkuki guy? He really beat their asses

[RawandKurdistani]

This might have already been posted talks about Kurds buying 24 apache helicopters from USA and supposedly buying jets from isreal. http://www.usmessageboard.com/iraq/2308 ... ers-3.html

Heheh who is kirkuki guy? He really beat their asses

They say he goes by the name Alan

[jjmuneer]

This might have already been posted talks about Kurds buying 24 apache helicopters from USA and supposedly buying jets from isreal. http://www.usmessageboard.com/iraq/2308 ... ers-3.html

Heheh who is kirkuki guy? He really beat their asses

They say he goes by the name Alan

From our forum.

[kurdish_patriot]

Does the Peshmerga have their own fighter planes or has the Iraqi army it togeather with the kurds?