A photo of the Daesh Takfiri group chief, Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, from US Army files relating to his time as a detainee in Iraq.
Iraq says it has hit the convoy of the chief of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in an airstrike in the western Anbar Province.
In a statement on Sunday, the Iraqi military said the country's Air Force had hit the convoy of Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but added that his fate is as of yet unknown "as he was carried to a vehicle."
Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan said the strike took place “Saturday, at noon.”
"The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi," the statement said.
Iraqi media say Samarrai, injured in the airstrike, was moved quickly from the scene of the attack.
The statement by the Iraqi military said the elite intelligence section of Iraqi Air Force targeted the convoy of the terrorist leader after gathering precise information about Samarrai's plan to attend a meeting of Daesh operatives in the restive province of al-Anbar.
It added that “the Hawks Cell of the Interior Ministry was able to carry out a brave operation through bombing the convoy of the terrorist criminal Ibrahim al-Samaraei."
The venue of the planned meeting in the town of Karabelah was also bombed by Iraqi warplanes with an unknown number of senior members of Daesh killed.
Samarrai's "health condition is still unknown and we will publish soon the names of the terrorists who were killed in this heroic operation," the statement said.
Hospital sources and residents said a number of Daesh Takfiri leaders were killed in the airstrike in a western Iraqi town, but Samarrai was not among them.
The development comes hours after an announcement by the Iraqi army that it managed to fly its first combat drone in its fight against Daesh terrorists in Anbar, taking off from the al-Kut airbase in Wasit Province.
Samarrai, who declared himself leader of Daesh militants operating in Syria and Iraq last year, was reportedly wounded in March in a US-led airstrike.
Born in the Iraqi city of Samarra in 1971, Samarrai joined a militancy which took shape following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. He is also thought to have served time in a US military jail in southern Iraq.
Earlier in the day, the Daesh executed about 60 of its own members, as reports suggested that the militants are in a state of panic and terror after heavy shelling by Iraqi security forces.
Meanwhile in neighboring Syria, army forces, backed by Russian jets, managed to make gains in their war against Daesh.
Russia launched its airstrikes against the terrorists in Syria last month, one year after the US, the leader of the so-called international anti-Daesh coalition, started its campaign to target militant positions in the country.
Iraq has also announced that it planning to ask Russia to carry out airstrikes against the militants, which have seized parts of the country’s western and northern regions.
Daesh militants currently control large areas of both Iraq and Syria, where they have killed many people over the past few years.
Iragi Forces capture U.S.-supplied military equipment, ammunition from mercenary-terrorists in Baiji
(FNA) ~ The Iraqi army and volunteer forces discovered US-made military hardware and ammunition in terrorists’ positions and trenches during their mop-up operations in the Northern parts of the town of Beiji.
The Iraqi forces found a huge volume of military equipment and ammunition from ISIL’s hideouts in Beiji, Northern Iraq.
“The military hardware and weapons had been airdropped by the US-led warplanes and choppers for the ISIL in the nearby areas of Beiji,” military sources told FNA.
The Iraqi forces started operations to purge Beiji of terrorists few months ago, and later took full control of the city, its refinery and its surrounding areas.
But in early September reports said that the Takfiri terrorists took back some parts of Beiji after two weeks of heavy attacks on the region.
Iraqi officials on different occasions have blasted the US and its allies for supplying the ISIL in Syria with arms and ammunition under the pretext of fighting the Takfiri terrorist group.
In February, an Iraqi provincial official lashed out at the western countries and their regional allies for supporting Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, revealing that the US airplanes still continue to airdrop weapons and foodstuff for the ISIL terrorists.
“The US planes have dropped weapons for the ISIL terrorists in the areas under ISIL control and even in those areas that have been recently liberated from the ISIL control to encourage the terrorists to return to those places,” Coordinator of Iraqi popular forces Jafar al-Jaberi told FNA.
He noted that eyewitnesses in Al-Havijeh of Kirkuk province had witnessed the US airplanes dropping several suspicious parcels for ISIL terrorists in the province.
“Two coalition planes were also seen above the town of Al-Khas in Diyala and they carried the Takfiri terrorists to the region that has recently been liberated from the ISIL control,” Al-Jaberi said.
Also in February, a senior lawmaker disclosed that Iraq’s army has shot down two British planes as they were carrying weapons for the ISIL terrorists in Al-Anbar province.
“The Iraqi Parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee has access to the photos of both planes that are British and have crashed while they were carrying weapons for the ISIL,” Head of the committee Hakem al-Zameli said, according to a Monday report of the Arabic-language information center of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.
He said the Iraqi parliament has asked London for explanations in this regard.
The senior Iraqi legislator further unveiled that the government in Baghdad is receiving daily reports from people and security forces in al-Anbar province on numerous flights by the US-led coalition planes that airdrop weapons and supplies for ISIL in terrorist-held areas.
The Iraqi lawmaker further noted the cause of such western aids to the terrorist group, and explained that the US prefers a chaotic situation in Anbar Province which is near the cities of Karbala and Baghdad as it does not want the ISIL crisis to come to an end.
Also in February, a senior Iraqi provincial official lashed out at the western countries and their regional allies for supporting Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, revealing that US and Israeli-made weapons have been discovered from the areas purged of ISIL terrorists.
“We have discovered weapons made in the US, European countries and Israel from the areas liberated from ISIL’s control in Al-Baqdadi region,” the Al-Ahad news website quoted Head of Al-Anbar Provincial Council Khalaf Tarmouz as saying.
He noted that the weapons made by the European countries and Israel were discovered from the terrorists in the Eastern parts of the city of Ramadi.
Meantime, Head of Iraqi Parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee Hakem al-Zameli also disclosed that the anti-ISIL coalition’s planes have dropped weapons and foodstuff for the ISIL in Salahuddin, Al-Anbar and Diyala provinces.
In January, al-Zameli underlined that the coalition is the main cause of ISIL’s survival in Iraq.
“There are proofs and evidence for the US-led coalition’s military aid to ISIL terrorists through air(dropped cargoes),” he told FNA at the time.
He noted that the members of his committee have already proved that the US planes have dropped advanced weaponry, including anti-aircraft weapons, for the ISIL, and that it has set up an investigation committee to probe into the matter.
“The US drops weapons for the ISIL on the excuse of not knowing about the whereabouts of the ISIL positions and it is trying to distort the reality with its allegations.He noted that the committee had collected the data and the evidence provided by eyewitnesses, including Iraqi army officers and the popular forces, and said, “These documents are given to the investigation committee … and the necessary measures will be taken to protect the Iraqi airspace.”
Also in January, another senior Iraqi legislator reiterated that the US-led coalition is the main cause of ISIL’s survival in Iraq.
“The international coalition is only an excuse for protecting the ISIL and helping the terrorist group with equipment and weapons,” Jome Divan, who is member of the al-Sadr bloc in the Iraqi parliament, said.
He said the coalition’s support for the ISIL is now evident to everyone, and continued, “The coalition has not targeted ISIL’s main positions in Iraq.”
In Late December, Iraqi Parliamentary Security and Defense Commission MP disclosed that a US plane supplied the ISIL terrorist organization with arms and ammunition in Salahuddin province.
MP Majid al-Gharawi stated that the available information pointed out that US planes are supplying ISIL organization, not only in Salahuddin province, but also other provinces, Iraq TradeLink reported.
He added that the US and the international coalition are “not serious in fighting against the ISIL organization, because they have the technological power to determine the presence of ISIL gunmen and destroy them in one month”.
Gharawi added that “the US is trying to expand the time of the war against the ISIL to get guarantees from the Iraqi government to have its bases in Mosul and Anbar provinces.”Salahuddin security commission also disclosed that “unknown planes threw arms and ammunition to the ISIL gunmen Southeast of Tikrit city”.
SOURCES:
Fars News Agency
Submitted by Cem Ertür
War Press Info Network at:
https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/usa-weapons-iraq/
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