Iraq Military Research Paper

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Iraq Military: What is Iraq's military and how well is it trained. Well, the U.S. spent over 20 billion dollars to train and equip Iraqi security forces, so you would think they would be well equipped to fend off the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or any other threats. According to www.aljazeera.com “Despite U.S. training, Iraq’s military can “barely defend.” This is because the war over Iraq’s Anbar governorate is escalating very quickly. Iraq’s military started out relatively strong with the branches of their military including ; Iraqi Army, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force. The average age of army drafting in Iraq is 18-40 years, so its an admirable start, but over the years with the Iraq and Iran war and the war with the Anbar governorate

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