TR Military Operations in Northern Iraq

[astragan]

I sometimes feel like PKK is placed on our border just to help train our soldiers better. With the latest technologies, it is becoming easier to eliminate these targets. At this point, it just feels like they're becoming target practice, helping improve the readiness level of our army. I hope that we'll see the end of these malicious organizations in our lifetimes and perhaps open up the border regions of our country to tourism. I've travelled most of our South Eastern Region and I must say that we have a wealth of culture lying there. Our small border towns and villages have an incredible mash of different cultures of the region. Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Yezidis, Christians, Assyrians... You can't find so many different languages, religions, culture, topography in most European countries or US states combined. Without these terrorist organizations, the people of these regions could have become billionaires from the tourism potential of the region alone! This would have direclty affected our neighbours on the other side of the border, creating a very wealthy region for all sides.

 

[CAN_TR]

I sometimes feel like PKK is placed on our border just to help train our soldiers better.

Do you also feel that all the families who lost their children in terror attacks share your view? You better should fix your moral compass before posting such comments.

 

[Ryder]

Do you also feel that all the families who lost their children in terror attacks share your view? You better should fix your moral compass before posting such comments.

I dont think he meant it in such a bad way.

He has a point but of course the families who lost their loved ones disagree.

War is a bad thing when I was young I played a lot of cod, bf, age of empires and total war when you grow up perception of war changes you would never would want to be in such a position especially its easy to talk at the comfort of our own homes when men who left their families behind to pay the ultimate sacrifice.

 

[astragan]

Do you also feel that all the families who lost their children in terror attacks share your view? You better should fix your moral compass before posting such comments.

You're losing the point of my comment. Of course I feel the pain of the families. I have 2 cousins who are currently active gendermarie commandos in the South Eastern region. I know what it feels like waking up, not knowing whether they are in combat or deceased. I know the pain of learning about a terror attack on tv and then trying to get a hold of an official just to see if they are fine. We all have people like them in our families and I personally pray everyday for the safety and well-being of our soldiers. That's why we're so enthusiastically discussing about defence industry news on this forum. As a family, we feel better when we see a new technology, a new drone, a new jet fighter because we know that it might, at some point, help save our own relatives as well. Also, knowing that these weapons can be tested so many times to ensure that they will work the next time they are being used to save on of my OWN relatives, gives me peace. So please, don't try to turn this thing into a "moral compass" situation. This is a defence forum after all. Thanks to our brothers in the army, whom I have many in my family, we are able to live free and safe lives. They deserve the best equipment and the best training. Unfortunately, the best training comes from real life experience. When my cousins entered the army, they couldn't even hold a gun. They've been to many operations and it has been a lot of very scary times for us. However, now that they're experienced, we feel a whole lot better. With their experiences, they can teach a new generation of soldiers who can handle their own with a lot more ease and security. More training always equals fewer losses. Therefore, I always support these operations against PKK targets. It is better to train against these inexperienced and perhaps "easier" targets than training against a real stationary foreign army. If one day things come to the worst and we're in a real war, these experiences will not just save our lives "from the comforts of our homes" but also the most valuable lives of our own soldiers. Turkey currently holds one of the mightiest armies in the world, not because of its technological capacity but because of its readiness and experience level. If you don't know how to use an equipment, its advantages and disadvantages, quirks and bugs etc., you're not a capable user, you're just an equipment hoarder.

 

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1385966802220552197

 

[Bogeyman]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been linked to the Ground Forces Operation Center for claw-Lightning and claw-Lightning operations launched in northern Iraq and received information about the latest situation from National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.

 

[Bogeyman]

Hulusi Akar: Operations against terrorist targets in Metina and Avashin-Basyan are continuing since 17: 40 yesterday.

Hulusi Akar: About 400 targets belonging to terrorists were shot down by ground fire support vehicles, and more than 60 targets were shot down by our Air Force elements.

 

[Kartal1]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1385960446381940738

Minister of National Defense Akar: Nearly 400 targets in Metina and Avaşin-Basyan were hit from the ground, and more than 60 targets from the air.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1385978617503551496

TSK land units are seen on the top of Zinnar mountain in Metina. All air assault operations were completed without problems, land units were infiltrated in the area and the operations are continuing with full force.

 

[Kartal1]

Images of the Air Force Operations Center and the Land Forces Operations Center, where the Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, along with the Turkish Armed Forces Command Division, commanded and controlled the Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt operations ...

Moments where targets are struck and land units are dropped by helicopters are visible.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1385994955018080258

 

[Kartal1]

First video came from operations Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt. Air forces struck their targets, attack helicopters provided CAS and our Commandos infiltrated successfully.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1386002114267209731

 

[Kartal1]

Zinnar, Kesta, Hirora are under control after successful air assault operations by our Commandos and Special Forces. The logistical corridor between Metina and Haftanin is being cut off. Just to note that infiltration was also carried out by land other than the air assaults.

https://twitter.com/MiddleastN

https://twitter.com/COIN_V2

 

[Kartal1]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1386034385300901890

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1386036707238240259

 

[dani92]

Official statement of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the posters that were planned to be printed for the occasion of Papa's visit to KRG targeting Turkey's national integrity.

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"It is seen that among the commemorative stamps that are expected to be printed by the KRG on the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to Iraq, there is also a stamp depicting a map including some provinces in our country.

Some presumptuous KRG leaders attempt to use this visit to reveal their crude dreams for the territorial integrity of Iraq's neighboring countries.

How such insidious ambitions result in frustration will be remembered best by the KRG authorities.

We expect the KRG authorities to make a clear statement as soon as possible for the immediate correction of this grave mistake."

Why so sensitive about a stamp didn’t you say the same to the Iranians about the poems or it’s your double standards??!

 

[Kartal1]

Why so sensitive about a stamp didn’t you say the same to the Iranians about the poems or it’s your double standards??!

The poem was recited in a totally different context. It was recited in order to recreate emotionally the pain when Karabakh was occupied and cut of Azerbaijan. Turkey respects the national integrity of its neighbours. Even the top people in Iran recognized that fact and moved on.

Try to be more productive for yourself and watch how history is written in Northern Iraq. TSK is raping PKK like there's no tomorrow right now.

 

[Huelague]

Do you also feel that all the families who lost their children in terror attacks share your view? You better should fix your moral compass before posting such comments.

We are on war. People die. That’s nature of military conflicts. Nothing to do with moral or feelings. It is like it is and we try to win this war.

 

[Kartal1]

Fighter jets belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces organized 3 air operations against PKK targets in the Baze Valley of Duhok.

Duhok...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1386074497141379072

In addition 4 targets were destroyed in Qandil

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1386075382114304001

 

[Kartal1]

An Bayraktar TB-2 was dispatched from Amanos mountains (Syria border) to Qandil. Heavy UAV and fighter jet activity reported. There is Italian Air Forces C-27J circling east over Erbil (Qandil) for long time. US Air Forces CN-235 is also taking off from Erbil.

 

[Timur]

There is Italian Air Forces C-27J circling east over Erbil (Qandil) for long time. US Air Forces CN-235 is also taking off from Erbil

we need to state out for what not to help us but to help these terorists give intel on movement of our forces and so on..

 

[Test7]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1386304671262908416

 

[Glass🚬]

we need to state out for what not to help us but to help these terorists give intel on movement of our forces and so on..

I would jamm the fck out of them