Why are oil prices so high? Iraq claims its oil exports are at 50 year-highs, the most oil exported since 1972!
There are claims that Iranian backed attacks, on a NATO Turkey base inside Iraq, are escalating!
There are now claims that Iran is attacking Kurdish areas of Iraq, apparently because Iraqi Kurds have made a Natural Gas deal with Israel!
Approximately 29 pallets of U.S. taxpayer funded body armor plates, weapons and various vehicle parts ‘divested’ to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, on Al Asad Air Base, 24MAR2022. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Nathan Smith.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Bree-Ann Ramos-Clifton, 27MAR2022.
On 27MAR2022, a NATO United Kingdom Royal Army (British Army) Brigadier oversaw the second military cooperation meeting between Iraqi and Peshmerga forces, at Union-3 forward operating base (FOB) in Baghdad. U.S. NATO officials consider the meeting ‘historic’.
USA photo by Staff Sergeant Bree-Ann Ramos-Clifton, 23MAR2022.
For proof that other NATO countries are still involved in Iraq, on 23MAR2022 military inspectors from several NATO countries toured the Union-3 FOB in Baghdad.
Peshmerga soldiers load-up on U.S. taxpayer funded ammunition crates, Erbil Air Base, Iraq, 16MAR2022. USA photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.
Approximately 59 pallets of repair parts, medical equipment, and uniform items were ‘divested’ to Iraq’s Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency, 14MAR2022. USA photo by Specialist Nathan Smith.
A Peshmerga Major counts the crates of ammo on Erbil Air Base, Iraq, 08MAR2022. U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.
Erbil Air Base, Iraq. U.S. taxpayer funded contractors load a Conex container onto a Peshmerga truck, 08MAR2022. USA photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.
Peshmerga trucks loaded and ready to go on Erbil Air Base, Iraq, 08MAR2022. USA photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.
U.S. Army (USA) video by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 07MAR2022, Peshmerga female soldiers explain why they need U.S. taxpayer funding:
Kurdish security forces (Asayish Directorate in al-Sulaymaniyah) get help from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook during assault training exercise, 02MAR2022. USA Photo by Staff Sergeant Gregory T. Summers.
(Peshmerga forces receive U.S. funded combat vehicle and helicopter assault training)
(Asayish Directorate in al-Sulaymaniyah capture two terrorists)
Pallets of containers full of 120mm ‘illumination’ rounds, ‘divested’ to Peshmerga on 23FEB 2022, Erbil, Iraq. USA photo by Specialist Nathan Smith.
On 23FEB2022, U.S. taxpayer funded, Israeli designed, 120mm mortar illumination rounds were given to Peshmerga. The U.S. Army switched to the Israeli designed rounds in the 1990s. They were tested on U.S. Army bases in Arizona and Utah. Illumination rounds typically contain minerals like phosphorus, which burn when exposed to air. All militaries around the world use such illumination rounds, as long as they are not intentionally used as ‘weapons’ they can avoid the international ban on phosphorus weapons.
U.S. Air Force (USAF) video by Staff Sergeant Frank Rohrig, 15FEB2022, on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, a USAF C-17 is loaded with gear then flies to Erbil Air Base in Iraq, where the gear is off-loaded for the Peshmerga:
More than 30 trucks transported masses of razor wire to Iraqi Border Security units as part of the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) program, 12FEB2022. USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman.
Got razor wire? Why do U.S./NATO leaders think Iraq needs so much razor wire? USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman, 12FEB2022.
USA video by Specialist Nathan Smith, on 02FEB2022, brand new U.S. taxpayer funded construction vehicles were ‘divested’ to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, on Al Asad Air Base:
Mother of all Money Pits: KURDS TAKE THE FIGHT TO ‘ISLAMIC STATE’, WHILE U.S. TAXPAYERS FUND DINNER PARTIES!
Destroy U.S. Dollar: RUSSIA DEMANDS RUBLE FOR EVERYTHING! NATO GERMANY & NATO BULGARIA CONTINUE BUYING RUSSIAN GAS!
Oil Prices: DON’T BLAME RUSSIA, BLAME U.S./SAUDI PROXY WAR AGAINST IRAN IN YEMEN!