Huda Jassim (Baghdad)
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, affirmed that his government has supported the Iraqi army and the building of the military institution, which qualifies it to carry out its duties in protecting Iraq’s borders and the lives of citizens.
Al-Kazemi stressed, while presiding over a meeting that included security leaders and advanced cadres at the Ministry of Defense, “the importance of the national role played by our armed forces, and that the sacrifices they made over many years in defending the land of Iraq have contributed to building an Iraqi national doctrine that belongs to Iraq, and transcends any sectarian affiliation, ethnicity, or any sub-identity.
Al-Kazemi indicated that “working with military leaders to rehabilitate all the capabilities of the Iraqi army, and directed to focus on training vocabulary and meeting the needs of units to advance this institution.”
The statement added that “in light of the conditions of the security challenges that Iraq has witnessed, Al-Kazemi sent a clear message that we are united and continue to defend our country, and that the army’s mission is to be a deterrent to any attempt to compromise the integrity of Iraq’s land.”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces directed the security leaders to “concentrate at this stage on the intelligence effort, raise the levels of training, and take care and attention; In order to enable the units of our armed forces to perform preemptive operations that paralyze the possibilities of terrorism, and ward off any attack on Iraq’s land, and the lives and properties of its citizens.”
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