Defeating ISIL Not Possible without Volunteer Forces
Hadi al-Ameri dismissed the objections raised by some political groups against using popular forces in operations conducted against ISIL, saying that volunteer forces have greatly contributed to the victores against the terrorist group.
The ISIL terrorists are currently in control of some parts of northern and western Iraq. Mosul, one of Iraq’s major cities, is still held by the terrorist group, which began its offensive in June 2014.
Al-Ameri further warned about Zionist and Western plots to split up Iraq and stressed that all Iraqis must stand up against the conspiracy and maintain Iraq’s integrity and unity.
The draft of the US annual defense bill, which was released on April 27 by the House Armed Services Committee, urges the US government to recognize separate Kurdish and Sunni states and provide them with at least 25 percent of the USD-715-million aid money allegedly planned to be given to the Iraqi government to help it fight the ISIL terrorist group.
The draft bill also says the figure could even amount to 60 percent of the money, about USD 429 million.
The bill mandates that “the Kurdish Peshmerga, the Sunni tribal security forces with a national security mission, and the Iraqi Sunni National Guard be deemed a country,” adding that doing so “would allow these security forces to directly receive assistance from the United States.”
Iraqi politicians and clerics are opposed to the idea, saying that only the Iraqi people can decide about the future of their country.
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