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Peshmerga's advanced rocket launchers
22.11.2012
By Alan Rawand & Hewraz Karim —
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November 22, 2012
ERBIL-Hewlęr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— A high ranking officer
from Peshmerga armed forces told (Malpress) website
that the Iraqi government is unaware of the rocket
launchers Peshmerga have in its possessions.
The officer referred to the type of the rockers and
said, "the rockets (TOW RF), (TOW 2A) (Hyper
velocity Anti-Tank Missiles HATM) and (A6), are more
than enough to shatter Maliki's tanks into bits and
pieces".
These small rockets are affective and quite strong,
and they are placed on the top of faster moving
vehicles so it can move from one spot to another
quite quickly, currently only the US, Israel and
South Korean armies have them in their possessions,
Malpress reported.
Another military expert in Peshmerga said that "the
Iraqi army do not have these missiles but Peshmerga
forces have 29 of the launchers with 1000s of
rockets, this weapon is the production of (Raytheon)
US weapon manufacture, it can destroy its target in
the 5kms range in just 2 seconds".
The commander of Kurdish Peshmerga forces
warned
Tuesday that his troops might attack Iraqi
government soldiers at "any minute" after the
central government sent tanks and armoured vehicles
toward the disputed city of Kirkuk.
A local official source revealed Wednesday,
bringing a "substantial" military
force of Peshmerga to the Kurdish district of Khanaqin in anticipation of the entry of any
forces belonging to Dijla operations to the
district.
Tuz Khurmatu, last Friday
witnessed fierce
clashes between
Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi Tigris (Dijla)
Operations Command TOC troops,www.ekurd.net
during which Two people were killed and 10 others
wounded.
The clashes erupted in Tuz Khurmatu district in
Salahuddin province when Iraqi soldiers attempted to
search a house belonging to a Kurdish official Goran
Najam, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK,
officials said. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is
the current leader of the PUK, Reuters reported.
Barzani ordered its Peshmerga security forces on
high
alert, a statement issued on Saturday
said, attributing the move to clashes with central
government forces. An Iraqi general however said
that the clashes in question came during an arrest
attempt and did not involve the Peshmerga.
Also Massoud Barzani said Saturday the region was
fully prepared to
defend itself,
after a skirmish between Iraqi forces and Kurdish
troops along their disputed internal border.
While Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki stressed
that "the movement of the Iraqi army must be free on
every inch of the land of Iraq, and provinces or
territory have no right to object", describing the
movement of the Peshmerga in the disputed areas as
"legal and a constitutional violation."
Translation by Alan rawand & Additional reporting
by Hewraz Karim - Ekurd.net
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