Saturday, November 8, 2014

British Troops Head Back to Iraq to Help the Kurdish Forces Fight Off ISIS

Days after the UK finally withdrew its troops from Afghanistan 
(pictured) it is preparing to send servicemen back to another
 - this time, Iraq
Days after the UK finally withdrew its troops from one conflict zone, it is preparing to send servicemen back to another.
The last British soldiers pulled out of Afghanistan a fortnight ago but officers are set to head to Iraq in order to help prevent yet more territory falling into the hands of Islamic State terrorists.
British training teams will be sent to the semi-autonomous Kurdish zone of Iraq to help US forces reclaim territory in the north and west of the country that fell to Islamic State earlier in the year.
The dramatic move will be the first British mission to Iraq since it pulled all its forces out of the country in 2011 – eight years after the mission that vanquished Saddam Hussein.
‘If Iraq fails or the government becomes sectarian then that is a massive problem’, a Whitehall spokesman told The Times.
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