05/01/2011
Heavy gunfire at the entrance to the Green Zone in central Baghdad
Baghdad, A security source pm, Wednesday, that the heavy fire of medium-weapons fire and light were at one entrance to the fortified Green Zone security to coincide with the entry of pieces of military into the region to participate in the parade which will be held tomorrow on the occasion of the anniversary of the establishment of the army Iraq.
The source, who asked not to be named, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), said that "heavy fire from medium-weapons fire and a light went on for ten minutes was at the tenth and forty minutes at the entrance to the Green Zone from the point of Karrada, followed by closure of the street leading to the region."
The source explained that "the cause of fire was not known until now," noting that "the security forces responsible for security at the entrance to the area and put on high alert two days ago in anticipation of targeting military convoys entering the Green Zone, which will participate in the parade."
It is hoped to review the Iraqi military units tomorrow, Thursday, in the presence of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister Nuri al-Maliki and members of the House of Representatives.
And formed the first units of the Iraqi armed forces in 1921 during the British Mandate, where a regiment Musa al-Kazim and took command of armed force headquarters in Baghdad, followed by the formation of the Iraqi Air Force in 1931 and then force the Iraqi navy in 1937, population reached the military to its peak with the end of the Iran-Iraq War bringing the number of its members a million people.
After 2003 and issued a civil administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer, then the decision to disband the Iraqi army was re-composition of the army and arming again.
The number of Iraqi army forces the current according to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense more than 130 thousand element including 115 thousand in the ground forces, and 700 in the Air Force, and 1100 in the Navy, and 15 people in special forces, and 11 thousand in the various units of the cross-martial.
And consists of the current Iraqi army according to the ministry of 114 combat battalions, including counter-terrorism regiment associated with the Office of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Nuri al-Maliki, in addition to the thunderous Regiment eight regiments of the infrastructure strategy.
Heavy gunfire at the entrance to the Green Zone in central Baghdad
Baghdad, A security source pm, Wednesday, that the heavy fire of medium-weapons fire and light were at one entrance to the fortified Green Zone security to coincide with the entry of pieces of military into the region to participate in the parade which will be held tomorrow on the occasion of the anniversary of the establishment of the army Iraq.
The source, who asked not to be named, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), said that "heavy fire from medium-weapons fire and a light went on for ten minutes was at the tenth and forty minutes at the entrance to the Green Zone from the point of Karrada, followed by closure of the street leading to the region."
The source explained that "the cause of fire was not known until now," noting that "the security forces responsible for security at the entrance to the area and put on high alert two days ago in anticipation of targeting military convoys entering the Green Zone, which will participate in the parade."
It is hoped to review the Iraqi military units tomorrow, Thursday, in the presence of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister Nuri al-Maliki and members of the House of Representatives.
And formed the first units of the Iraqi armed forces in 1921 during the British Mandate, where a regiment Musa al-Kazim and took command of armed force headquarters in Baghdad, followed by the formation of the Iraqi Air Force in 1931 and then force the Iraqi navy in 1937, population reached the military to its peak with the end of the Iran-Iraq War bringing the number of its members a million people.
After 2003 and issued a civil administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer, then the decision to disband the Iraqi army was re-composition of the army and arming again.
The number of Iraqi army forces the current according to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense more than 130 thousand element including 115 thousand in the ground forces, and 700 in the Air Force, and 1100 in the Navy, and 15 people in special forces, and 11 thousand in the various units of the cross-martial.
And consists of the current Iraqi army according to the ministry of 114 combat battalions, including counter-terrorism regiment associated with the Office of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Nuri al-Maliki, in addition to the thunderous Regiment eight regiments of the infrastructure strategy.
AKNews
