Talk:Iraqi Army

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Contents 1 WikiProject class rating 2 South Korean Doosan Barracuda APC question? 3 WTF? 4 Expansion of history of IA at the start/during OIF-1 5 Current Iraqi Army Generals 6 Number of Iraqi Humvees

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 21:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] South Korean Doosan Barracuda APC question?

The .army-guide.com/eng/product2736.html link here says that Iraq had ordered some Doosan Barracuda APCs? Can I put it in the equipment section? Ominae (talk) 08:27, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WTF?

This article in a few places implies that the "Iraq War" finished in 03 and whats happening now is post war action. For fucks sake.Terrasidius (talk) 02:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe because of the "major combat operations/Mission Accomplished" thing. Heyfunboy (talk) 06:10, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Major military operations have long finished in Iraq. This IS post war. --213.202.189.94 (talk) 12:53, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

your comment seems very ignorant. --TheFEARgod (Ч) 14:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion of history of IA at the start/during OIF-1

Hi, just think that someone should expand on the performance and structure of the IA during the 2003 invasion. I think someone other than me would be interested in the history of the IA in this period... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lawrencema (talk • contribs) 13:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Current Iraqi Army Generals

It is important to list the current Iraqi Army Generals as this is very critical in the current transition of power in Iraq.

The Iraqi Government decreasing it's utilization of US forces and using their own confident and combat proven soldiers.

Such as Brigadier General Nassir al-Hiti the commander of Muthanna 3rd Brigade 6th Division. He was noted by visiting Scholar at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC, and he writes a weekly column on the Middle East for the New York Sun, and a monthly column for the Prospect Magazine (UK) Nibras Kazimi, "There’s no shortage of troops for Baghdad, a place much easier for the Iraqi military to patrol. And many of these troops are actually pretty darn good. I would cite the example of an officer such as Brig. Gen. Nassir al-Hiti of the Muthana Brigade in Abu Ghraib. I would put him up against the best Brig. Gen. in any NATO army, including America’s. But there are certain pockets of Abu Ghraib that he is not allowed to patrol because the US military has struck deals with local CLC commanders who were active in the Islamic Army or the 1920 Revolution Brigades. Problem is, these CLCs are not, in fact, keeping a tight lid on soft-insurgent actions (…such as lobbing mortars) or organized crime networks as well as Gen. al-Hiti is doing. Why continue subsidizing what’s failing (the ex-insurgents, who can barely stay ahead of Al-Qaeda’s assassins) and not using what’s succeeding (the Iraqi Army)? commented by Nibras Kazimi نبراس الكاظمي a visiting Scholar at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC, and he writes a weekly column on the Middle East for the New York Sun, and a monthly column for the Prospect Magazine (UK).Mistrust as Iraqi Troops Encounter New U.S. AlliesBnguyen (talk) 11:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Number of Iraqi Humvees

According to this MNF-I press conference here, the Iraqi Army has nearly 3200 up-armored HMMWVs, whereas this article has only 713 M1114s. What explains the discrepancy? Is it simply out of date? Lawrencema (talk) 02:07, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Most likely. It's also possible that some of their vehicles are loaners from the US and thus not 'officially' theirs. More documentation is required. Jtrainor (talk) 12:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)