Iraqi troops seeking control over an area of five thousand square kilometers mediated three provinces


2016-03-03 00:12:00 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad

Before more than two decades and it faced the security services, in the former regime, many problems to extend its control over the vast land and sprawling lies to the west of the city of Samarra, turned, after 2003, to a training camp for al - Qaeda militants then Daash later.

In those years hijacked "unknown group" hunters of the ruling families in the Gulf, and the inability of the former regime to find the kidnappers or the arrest of the kidnappers.

That incident took place in a large desert area linking the three provinces , namely: Salahuddin, Anbar and Nineveh. And to the neighborhood of this region lies agricultural land, but the al - Qaida expelled peasants them after extending his influence in 2003.

And today trying to restore the Iraqi military command control over the region, from which the gunmen in the summer of 2014 to take control of the city of Samarra, for several hours before the fall of Mosul three days, as they were with a large arsenal used by the organization.

But officials in Salahuddin emphasize the difficulty of keeping those big area of land in excess of the 5 thousand square kilometers. Officials insist that control of this region depends on the normalization of the social conditions in which once again, re - peasant previous to their farms.

Conversely announced the popular crowd, which is strongly involved in this process, the liberation of some 20 villages of 64 found in those areas and evacuate people to safe areas.

The aim of the military operation, which began on Tuesday morning, to secure the three provinces that exceeded the Big Island, and access modern area to blather.

This coincided with the readiness of military forces to storm the "Heat" north of Ramadi. Calm returned to the "Fallujah" front, which was approached by the Iraqi forces, recently, up to 6 km from the western side.

Military operation smiling

Yusuf says hamate, security spokesman in the popular crowd in Qahatvee with (range), that " the popular crowd and other military formations forces freed 18 villages of 64 districts in the west of Samarra."

Participates factions: Saraya peace, bandages, Hezbollah, and Badr, along with brigades of the army and federal police, and the Rapid Reaction Brigade, as well as counter - terrorism forces.

Hamate points out that " the military operation designed to end the presence of Daash in those areas which are considered a starting point for insurgent attacks on the towns of Salahuddin province."

The qualitative attack in the city of Samarra, two days after the fall of Mosul , however Daash in June 2014 before, had launched from those areas. He was able then gunmen Daash control of the city for 20 hours before deciding to withdraw from it.

Operation , dubbed crowd Name (Imam Ali al- Hadi), while the military leadership chose the name (oh Prophet of Allah third), confirms the hamate "cut off the road between Tikrit and Mosul, and modern."

He said a spokesman for the crowd that " the process Sttehr area spanning 5,000 square kilometers west of Samarra's modern , up to a length of 120 km and a depth of 40 km."

The difference on the nomination battles that involved the "crowd" and the military leadership is not the first time between the two parties, edit Tikrit Before last year, I drew great criticism of the process , which was named the "Beck Iahasin" name, and the government has changed to "Beck O Messenger of God."

Saddam before Daash

On the other hand will enable control over the vast region, the Iraqi government to put its hands on "hardware stores and weapon" was part of an army barracks , seized by Daash in 2014.

The organization provide themselves with ammunition and heavy weapons from the region, as needed to support the repeated Salahuddin and Anbar attacks.

He says Khazaal Hamad al - Qaisi, a member of the Council of Salahuddin province, that "Saddam Hussein met with difficulty in securing such a sprawling area that was the center of the gangs since then."

He said al - Qaisi, in connection with the (range), to "the existence of abductions of fishermen from the Gulf ruling families and west of Samarra occurred during the former regime , " asserting that the latter "unable to fully control those aspects."

He pointed out local administrator to " the presence of a small number of the population in that area in distant villages, because of armed activity , which began to show clearly after the fall of Baghdad in 2003".

Qaisi stressed that " the areas west of Samarra was a very fertile and Iraq , sources of wheat crops." But he corrects saying "since the al - Qaida appeared in those villages, even began to threaten farmers and the imposition of royalty, what forced them to Mgardtha towards the cities."

He said local administrator said , " will never be control over the area in no time , even after the redemption of the base."

Use "Daash" again that region, and dominated in the summer of 2014 on a military barracks there, and began attacking the provinces of Anbar and Tikrit.

Qaisi sees the difficulty of keeping those spanning hundreds Alkleomtrut territories, stressing the need to thousands of security elements to protect them. He adds , "We onset border closure, and re - farmers to their former, then they will defend their land and their work, and are turning to sources of the security forces for any suspicious act."

Hit awaiting an attack was "imminent . "

Coincide "west of Samarra" process with the imminent process of preparing its military forces to liberate spend the Heat, after the cessation of operations in Fallujah.

And is expected to see al - Issawi, a member of the security committee in the Anbar province, said the "storming of the Heat begin the process over the next week, after the arrival of reinforcements to the outskirts of the judiciary."

The escalating talk of liberalization Hit the city of Ramadi after the cleansing operation, late last year, as a destination for future battles. However , the recent events that took place in Fallujah and Abu Ghraib , suggested the orientation of the first after being postponed more than once.

But al - Issawi confirms (range) that " the operation in Fallujah has now stopped."

Revealed Mayor Fallujah Saadoun al - Shaalan, said in a telephone interview with the (range), " The joint forces advanced from the town of Amiriyah Fallujah to the western port of Fallujah , " he said , adding that " the army as well as two regiments of Amiriyah Fallujah and the Fallujah police , along with a crowd Amiriyah stopped at the area away 6 km from the entrance to Fallujah. "

The joint forces, according to the local administrator, plans to reach peace Junction who cozy rooms with all the yellow school but only 2 km. Shaalan and adds , "But the troops met heavy gunfire from Daash, Vtamodat in that region after it freed a number of villages in its path."

The combined forces managed to penetrate the Amiriyah Fallujah Fallujah to a distance of 7 km, and seized control of the Albu - Duaij region, and Albu Asi, the village walks.

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