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Compare "The Iraqi Navy is a small force with 1,500 sailors and officers, including 800 Marines, designed to protect shoreline and inland waterways from insurgent infiltration. The navy is also responsible for the security of offshore oil platforms. The navy will have coastal patrol squadrons, assault boat squadrons and a marine battalion.[96] The force will consist of 2,000 to 2,500 sailors by year 2010.[98]" to "As of February 2011, the navy has approximately 5000 sailors and marines which form an Operational headquarters, 5 afloat squadrons, and two marine battalions.[1]" I see no value to having a prediction from 2007 over far more recent and accurate actual recent figures.
Article washes down Baathist dictatorship and Saddam's tyrannical rule. Nowhere it mentions that the Baathist party was based on the Sunni minority that oppressed Shia majority and the Kurds. Article falsely claims that Saddam went to war with Iran because of Khomeini's supposed meddling in Iraq (where and when?), but remains silent completely on the Saddam's anti Iranian stance (Arabs vs Persians propaganda) before 1979, it omits Baathist Sunni persecution of Shia civilians and clerics prior to 1979, it omits the fact how Saddam met with Saudis on multiple occasions prior, during and after 1979. The article basically shows a "poor Saddam forced to go to war with Iran", moreover, it doesn't mention the fact that Saddam and his government launched a "faith campaign" where they planned on converting Iraq from a Shia majority country to the Sunni one. Saddam imported Saudi clerics and tried to sunnificate Iraq under the disguise of increased religiousility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Szalony Mnich (talk • contribs) 11:10, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Isis chemical weapon attacks on Iraqi settlement of Taza Turkmen[edit]
Iraqi Turkmen: Inside Taza Village after the Chemical Attacks The plight of Turkmen community in Iraq saw a dramatic downward shift when ISIS militants attacked the town of Taza with chemical warheads in early March 2016. The attacks killed a young girl, severely injured 800 civilians and caused thousands to flee their hometown. The ugly return of chemical weapons to Iraq on the 28th anniversary of the Halabja chemical massacre was narrated by the words of residents of Taza, documenting the dire conditions of the Iraqi Turkmen in no-man’s land. [1]
The Islamic State (Isis) have launched two devastating chemical attacks on the Iraqi town of Taza killing one three-year-old girl and injuring up to 600 people. The two strikes came just three days apart and were aimed at the town populated by ethnic Shia Turkmen.
Taza was struck by a barrage of rockets carrying chemical weapons on Wednesday, 9 March, and Saturday, 12 March, causing hundreds to flee the area with security forces and hospital staff scrambling to assist residents. The wounded are suffering from infected burns, suffocation and dehydration, according to health officials in the area. [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.140.219.29 (talk) 12:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Could someone put in a subsection under "Administrative divisions" describing how local government works in Iraq? There isn't much said about municipalities in Iraq under the district level, which are analogous to counties. I see on Iraqi city pages that population figures and local government officials are often mixed up with those at the district level. Land area figures and boundaries are rarely ever described. This needs way more fleshing out. --Criticalthinker (talk) 18:35, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
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