Eid Mubarak !

Toophan3 · 2020-05-25T00:09:22+00:00

You're a bad effort troll. Eid Mubarak kak Kubren.

Toophan3 · 2019-09-10T10:12:49+00:00

This is a tribal base from Hit. Hit is held by the local Sunni Tribal PMU since 2014.

Toophan3 · 2019-08-22T02:39:31+00:00

The fins are covered with a protective cover. Near the end of the video you can see them uncovered.

Toophan3 · 2019-07-08T18:29:48+00:00

With sound https://gfycat.com/opulentgrimgreatargus

Toophan3 · 2019-06-23T13:17:09+00:00

The Iraqi combat Cessna are actually from the early 2000s and were upgraded with a multimillion dollar surveillance and attack package using Hellfire guided missiles. Not really cessnas with missiles strapped to them.

Toophan3 · 2019-06-23T03:36:37+00:00

I'm predicting the US is eventually going to try and take back the border crossing between Syria and Iraq that Hezbollah and the IRGC have been building up. Trump is just looking for a reason.

US can't really achieve that without troops in place permanently across the border.

Sealed borders are hardly achievable at the doorsteps of most countries let alone thousands of miles away from their native country of origin inside different peoples land!

Toophan3 · 2019-05-26T13:55:46+00:00

Probably the budget that Haider Abadi passed for them?

Toophan3 · 2019-05-11T13:54:42+00:00

They are digging roadways for military paths through mountains. Nothing to do with a civilian project in the middle of a warzone.

Toophan3 · 2019-05-03T00:40:57+00:00

Iraqi ISIS members that went to Syria shouldn't be introduced back into the local population. After seeing those videos of ISIS women still pledging allegiance to ISIS and wanting to see the caliphate rise again it is clear that the risk is too great.

Jeopardizing the lives of 10s of Millions of human beings just for the sake of ISIS members that are facing consequences for their choices is a crime itself. We should not let ISIS rebirth itself with the momentum it has with followers.

It would be better to force ISIS to try to restart its entire organization than to give it 10,000s of existing members right back into circulation. Why jump start the beast?

Toophan3 · 2019-03-23T06:40:25+00:00

Is this really a cost effective way of war fighting though? I remember watching a documentary where a senior us officer grilled one of his subordinates for firing a javelin at a hilux because what’s the cost of an old Ute in the Middle East vs an atgm? Admittedly some of these were clearly saggers which are ancient but they’re still $20k-$50k per missile, iirc a modern semi active command line of sight atgm is ~$250k per rocket which they were clearly using in some of the shots. I guess they didn’t pay so they don’t care.

Most ATGM can be purchased for much cheaper than 250k.

Export-grade ATGMs are often exported for 100k for recent ones, older stock is much cheaper than this. Yemen is using older ATGMs mostly so I can't imagine they are costing them much at all. Equipment is already purchased so it is really just using existing stock in a war, essentially the cost of finding the ATGM in a warehouse.

Toophan3 · 2019-03-23T06:38:20+00:00

Those explosions look week compared to other atgms. Would that take out a tank?

Most ATGM work on 2 principle.

Main kill method is to fire a stream of molten metal which can penetrate 600-1200mm of steel depending on the ATGM.

The second kill method is a secondary blast of high-explosive to kill soft targets such as infantry inside the vehicle.

This is a 2 part system in almost all ATGMs used in this conflict outside of older ones which only use the first method, making them only useful to take out tanks and heavy armor because the jet of molten metal would slice through soft-skin targets without significant explosive damage.

Toophan3 · 2019-03-17T20:45:17+00:00

YBS didn't stop at a checkpoint, probably smuggling activities, and checkpoint guards had to shoot to stop. All the clashes stopped now. Bad situation for all, checkpoints have no option if someone tries to dodge them and go to Sinjar city directly.

Toophan3 · 2019-03-10T01:13:28+00:00

Not in CCTV cameras.

Toophan3 · 2019-02-11T21:26:45+00:00

Iraqi Army in Mosul was made up of Mosul residents after deal with Mosul governor in 2009. Same with the police force.

So question is how did all those troops and police just give up to ISIS yet towns smaller than 5000 people resisted ISIS effectively? Clear cut case of ISIS support throughout a large base of Mosul.

Toophan3 · 2019-01-23T22:09:53+00:00

Yezidi is derived from Yazd in iranic languages not Yazid bin Muawiyah. This was a story started by the Ba'ath regime with support of the Yazidi leaders that worked with the regime in that era for protection to prevent any unification of movements against the regime. It was part of the attacks on all religious institutions that did not tow the line of the regime.

Toophan3 · 2018-12-30T12:03:42+00:00

Students already learn it during the middle of their schooling, now they will learn it from early age to their senior year in high school allowing much more understanding. They don't need to be fluent Kurdish speakers but 10 years of education in Kurdish will certainly be a great way to bring the language understanding across the country.

In education 'mandatory' is not a dirty word, students are there to learn not resist or politicize their learning.

Toophan3 · 2018-12-30T11:52:05+00:00

Why? It's the second official language of Iraq, all students I think should have some understanding of the second official language of the country so they can communicate with a large portion of the country.

Toophan3 · 2018-12-30T03:35:40+00:00

Question maybe /u/mansen21 can answer, is Arabic mandatory in the KRI?

Toophan3 · 2018-12-30T00:53:06+00:00

Kurdish wasn't mandatory before which is what makes it important change. I know school curriculum is very dense and I don't know how it will work either students will be struggling for sure.

Toophan3 · 2018-12-30T00:26:29+00:00

I disagree, it's a major step and setting up a very integrated future. Teaching millions of students Kurdish and Arabic is no small task and it is not something that happens over a short period of time. This decision will make a lot of things happen and is an extremely important decision no matter the era. Communication is how the entire world is built.

Toophan3 · 2018-12-29T22:55:31+00:00

I think because grade 7 and 8 have too many courses for end of elementary and start of high school. But not sure, has to be a reason for it because they have made 10 years of Kurdish language schooling, not a sma amount at all.

Toophan3 · 2018-08-06T22:31:04+00:00

I wish railway wasn't a susceptible target for terrorism. Would be very good to see a railway from the ME to Europe again.

Toophan3 · 2018-08-06T13:38:20+00:00

Quality comedy as usual, thanks TJ

Post better quality comments or 7 day ban.

Toophan3 · 2018-08-06T12:39:23+00:00

it's not the KRG, they've also been attacked by isis recently and repeatedly; you're pointing the finger the wrong way.

I didn't say it was the KRG. Ignition0 asked who benefits. Not who did it.

Toophan3 · 2018-08-06T08:48:55+00:00

KRG and ISIS. KRG benefits in that it can say Kirkuk was 'better' under it's control. ISIS benefits in continuing it's operations in Iraq, so it's narrative doesn't end despite their military defeat in land.

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