TR Military Operations in Northern Iraq

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The operations are continuing and there is not so much to report. We have the routine activities and airstrikes.

An important development is the targeting of 2 vehicle PKK convoy in the vicinity of Suleymaniye. According to the initial information we got, there are 2 dead and more wounded.

It was thought that pro-PKK media was going to conduct an interview with a high ranking PKK target. In result an operation against the predetermined targets was launched.

One vehicle was hit on the spot, killing the journalists Hero Bahadin and Gulistan Tara on the spot, heavily injuring a journalist named as Rebin. According to the information we got, there are 6 more injured. The killed journalists were reporters for Sterk TV, ANF and Roj TV (pro-PKK media). There was a second vehicle which miraculously was not directly hit.

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It is important to note that brothers of Gulistan Tara were the DEM Party Batman provincial chairman M. Mesut Tekik and former deputy mayor A. Bulent Tekik. Bulent Tekik was expelled from the municipality by a statutory decree in 2017.
 

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Gotta say, i was actually surprised this didn't make worldwide news. Missing the other car is not good optics. hoping for the next time.
 

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11 more cockroaches were squashed.
 

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Another Turkish UAV is shot down. I wrote shot down because it has clear shrapnel damage on the wing in the second photo.


According to Iraqi sources, the Armed Forces of Iraq shot down the UAV. The UAV is Aksungur. 4 ground to air missiles are fired to shoot down the Aksungur UAV.

The reason is to sabotage the Turkiye, Iraq, Qatar, and UAE meeting that is happening today in Turkiye. The meeting is about a trade route that will pass through Iraq and Turkiye. Qatar and UAE is willing to provide financial aid for the project. I think the usual suspect is Iranian assets inside the Armed Forces of Iraq.
 
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Another Aksungur down, bringing the number to 3 in the last year. No matter the politics with Iraqi army being fractured and it being strengthened with modern SAMs and aircraft from Korea and France, it is possible we will see similar events repeat in the future.
 

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Another Aksungur down, bringing the number to 3 in the last year. No matter the politics with Iraqi army being fractured and it being strengthened with modern SAMs and aircraft from Korea and France, it is possible we will see similar events repeat in the future.
What is more saddening that the downing itself, is that the whole event affects profile and fame of Turkish UAVs. I can't really accept it calmly when those UAVs are downed by some junk Pantsirs just because those were not the targets.
 

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The Iraqi side confirms that Turkiye informed Iraq about the operations of the Aksungur UAV.

Turkiye should immediately demand that the MoD of Iraq launch a probe and suspend those officers who gave the order. Turkiye should inform Iraq MoD that the next hostility will result in Turkish forces hitting the hostile forces unless they comply with this request.
 

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I guess this is the answer from so called Axis of Resist in regards of Haniye murder.
Hiding like a little bitc. otherwise.
I don't know what those economical agreements bring to Turkiye .
Of possible, the best way forward is to minimise any contact with any so called Islamic country.
Oh yes , throw millions of Syrians to Iraq and Iran .
 

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Delegations from Iraq, the UAE and Qatar foreign ministries were to come to Istanbul today for consultations on the Iraq-Turkiye-Europe Development Road Project. Let's look at the situation from this perspective.

While the Iraqi central government signed a cooperation agreement against terrorism and exact day of foreign affairs delegation went to Turkiye to sign a framework agreement for the most important infrastructure investment in the country's history, a brigade commander whose faction is unknown, shoots down the UAV of the military force that will litterally be responsible for the security of this logistics line. This logistics line will be the lifeblood of Iraq and this project can only survive with the TAF. For Iraq goverment this incident no different than shooting oneself in the foot.

Unfortunately, we are dealing with a failed state, and most of the issues related to this failed state structure are like walking through a minefield.
 

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Killing the dude who gave the order and destroying a couple Pantsir would be a proper answer.

It wont happen as Tayyip Bey literally took out visa requirements for Iraqis entering Turkiye.

Turkiye is run by a bunch of traitorous cucks.

You know things are bad when two failed states Iraq and Syria are getting bold and attacking Turkish interests.
 
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Another Turkish UAV is shot down. I wrote shot down because it has clear shrapnel damage on the wing in the second photo.


According to Iraqi sources, the Armed Forces of Iraq shot down the UAV. The UAV is Aksungur. 4 ground to air missiles are fired to shoot down the Aksungur UAV.

The reason is to sabotage the Turkiye, Iraq, Qatar, and UAE meeting that is happening today in Turkiye. The meeting is about a trade route that will pass through Iraq and Turkiye. Qatar and UAE is willing to provide financial aid for the project. I think the usual suspect is Iranian assets inside the Armed Forces of Iraq.


Need something like trophy developed for uav, something like SARP with 40 mm ATOM but something much bigger that creates sheild protecting drone.
 

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Most of the uavs of Turkish army do not carry SAR payload,so they sometimes fly under cloud for observation,and this lead to low altitute mission and bring risk of being detected,targeted finally shot down.Akıncı and Aksungur uavs are not cheap,we have make some self defence system for them.
 

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What we need is Turkish Global Hawk :UAV capable of flying above 60.000 altitude , an altitude happens to be above maximum altitude of many SAMs yet none in armed forces/TAI/BAYKAR seems to understand importance of this type of UAV. 🤬
 

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What we need is Turkish Global Hawk :UAV capable of flying above 60.000 altitude , an altitude happens to be above maximum altitude of many SAMs yet none in armed forces/TAI/BAYKAR seems to understand importance of this type of UAV. 🤬

Yes but for that we need a suitable engine. For now we don’t have it. Maybe the TF-6000 in the future. We should design something like a bigger Anka, and then putting a TF-6000 in it. And voila.
 

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