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Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
October 29, 2015
Apparently, Ash Carter made his bold announcement that he was going to be “putting boots on the ground” in Iraq and Syria without consultation with either nation’s government.
We wouldn’t really expect him to have consulted with Assad, but Iraq is still supposedly an ally of the US.
RT:
The Iraqi government never asked for and does not need any US involvement in ground operations against Islamic State terrorists. The eye-opening statement came only a day after the Pentagon promised its partner more ground support if it was required.
This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the US Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations,” spokesman Sa’ad al-Hadithi told NBC News. “We have enough soldiers on the ground.”
Hadithi made it clear that any involvement of US forces that stretches beyond their “train and advise” mission must be cleared with Baghdad – as mandated under international law.
Thus far Iraq has only cleared a US air campaign over its territory against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). For now, Hadithi stressed, Iraq only needs US support in “arming and training [Iraqi] forces.” Around 3,300 US troops are involved in the mission in Iraq.
The statement by the Iraqi government follows a statement made by US Defense Secretary Ash Carter about America’s intent to step up US military activity in Iraq and Syria, where US forces have been conducting air raids against IS targets. Carter’s statement also comes just days after American forces participated in a raid to rescue IS hostages in Iraq.
The US will resort to “direct action on the ground” against ISIS both in Iraq and Syria, if needed, Carter said in a testimony before the Senate Armed Services committee on Tuesday.
“We won’t hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against ISIL, or conducting such missions directly whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground,” Carted stated.
It’s not surprising Iraq is hesitant about having US troops on the ground. They’ve had some bad experiences with that type of situation in the past.
On the other side of the border, Russia has called-out the plan to put ground forces in Syria as illegal.
US-led coalition does not know who the terrorists in Syria are – Lavrov https://t.co/Oxe9FPNCiC pic.twitter.com/Jz9JNsvgU8
— RT (@RT_com) October 27, 2015
It is obviously illegal, as Assad is still the rightful leader of Syria, and the US would thus need the permission of his government to invade the country.
RT:
The consequences of potential US ground operations in Syria would be unpredictable, the head of Russia’s parliamentary committee on foreign affairs told RT.
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Kosachev called on all nations to join the Russian led coalition against ISIS in Syria, that Russia is conducting “within the framework of international law.”
“We have no intention of joining any other coalition for the simple reason that they are outside the framework of the international law,” he said.
Commenting on the potential involvement of US ground troops against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Kosachev once again highlighted that, when it comes to Syria, the US-led anti-ISIS campaign is already violating international law. Potential troops on the ground, Kosachev believes, will further violate international regulations
“Any operations – air based operations, ground based operations – in Syria by American forces will be illegal,” Kosachev told RT, explaining that Washington has not been invited by Damascus to take part in military operation in a sovereign country.
