On Thursday 3 September, a Reaper observed another load of mortar and rocket ammunition being prepared for transport and destroyed it with a Hellfire.

La ligne de front entre Daech et les forces de sécurité intérieures reste stable en Irak.

Les avions de l’opération Chammal, patrouilleur maritime Atlantique 2, Mirage 2000 D&Net Rafale, ont réalisé cette semaine 18 missions, avec un effort dans la région de Kirkouk et de Baïji. Les missions de reconnaissance armée ont abouti à plusieurs frappes visant des forces du groupe terroriste Daech qui harcelaient les forces de sécurité irakiennes.

À l’occasion d’une de ces missions de renseignement, l’avion de patrouille maritimeAtlantique 2 a exécuté sa 100ème mission, tous types confondus, depuis le début de l’opération Chammal.

En Irak, dans le secteur de Bagdad, le détachement d’instruction opérationnel français poursuit un stage de 8 semaines de formation aux techniques « commando » auprès des militaires de l’ICTS, l’Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service. De son côté, le détachement conseil et assistance continue sa formation au profit des officiers de l’état-major de la 6th Infantry Division et a participé à la mise en place et au suivi de stages de secourisme au combat et de lutte contre les engins explosifs improvisés.

On Sep. 2, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven airstrikes using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 16 airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

“The battle to liberate Ramadi continues with Iraqi security forces clearing significant amounts of explosives and complex obstacles constructed by Daesh,” said Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea, CJTF-OIR chief of staff. “Yesterday, coalition airstrikes permanently eliminated Daesh terrorists from the battlefield along with a Daesh tank. This frees up Iraqi explosive ordnance teams to methodically clear areas in order to completely secure them and prepare for the next operational phases.”

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hawl, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL bunker.

• Near Ar Raqqah, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units.

• Near Dayr Az Zawr, one airstrike struck an ISIL bridge.

• Near Kobani, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL bunker entrances.

• Near Mar’a, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL staging area and an ISIL vehicle.

Iraq

• Near Al Huwayjah, one airstrike struck an ISIL light machine gun firing position.

• Near Bayji, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL excavators.

• Near Fallujah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

• Near Habbaniyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL boat [British?] and an ISIL vehicle.

• Near Haditha, one airstrike destroyed three ISIL VBIEDs and an ISIL excavator.

• Near Kirkuk, one airstrike destroyed two ISIL fighting positions and two ISIL mortar tubes.

• Near Kisik, one airstrike destroyed two ISIL bunkers.

• Near Mosul, four airstrikes [1 British] struck two ISIL tactical units and an ISIL observation tower and destroyed two ISIL checkpoints, two ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL excavator and an ISIL vehicle.

• Near Ramadi, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL buildings and an ISIL tank.

• Near Sinjar, two airstrikes [1 Canadian] struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL artillery piece, an ISIL light machine gun and an ISIL vehicle.

• Near Tuz, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

On 2 September 2015, while taking part in coalition operations in support of Iraqi security forces, two CF-18 Hornets successfully struck an ISIS fighting position in the vicinity of Sinjar using precision guided munitions.

Another Reaper provided air support on Wednesday 2 September to Iraqi army units operating in western Iraq. The aircraft conducted four successful attacks on terrorist targets. With the ISIL in Ramadi increasingly cut-off and isolated by the Iraqi security forces, terrorists were spotted loading hundreds of mortar and rocket rounds onto a boat, which then attempted to smuggle the ammunition down the Euphrates river. A direct hit by one of the Reaper’s Hellfires sank the boat and its cargo.
The Reaper then destroyed three vehicles – two armoured trucks and a bull-dozer – using a pair of Hellfire missiles and a Paveway guided bomb, with significant secondary explosions confirming large quantities of explosives. Elsewhere in Iraq, a second Reaper successfully attacked a terrorist position with a Hellfire, whilst GR4s located an enemy engineering vehicle near Mosul, constructing a fortified position, and destroyed it with a Paveway.

Mulige civile tab i Irak

IRAK: Danske F16-fly har muligvis forårsaget civile tab i Irak

03-09-2015 – kl. 20:35

De danske F16 fly, der er indsat i kampen mod ISIL, gennemførte den 30. august et angreb mod godkendte mål. Alle procedurer for gennemførelse af angreb i henhold til koalitionens retningslinjer blev overholdt.

Den danske styrke gennemfører rutinemæssigt en evaluering af alle udførte missioner med detaljeret fokus på konkrete angreb. I denne forbindelse har den danske styrke vurderet, at der er risiko for, at angrebet muligvis har forårsaget civile tab.

Den danske styrke har videreformidlet vurderingen til koalitionens lufthovedkvarter. Koalitionen har nu igangsat en undersøgelse.

Den danske styrke vil gennemgå de interne operationsprocedurer med henblik på at vurdere, om der er behov for ændringer.

Forsvaret vil løbende orientere om resultaterne af de igangsatte undersøgelser og vurderinger på denne hjemmeside.

SOUTHWEST ASIA – The Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and Coalition Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq established a Joint Coalition Coordination Center (JCCC) near Erbil on September 02, 2015.

The JCCC will facilitate closer collaboration between the Combined Joint Operations Command – Baghdad and the Combined Joint Operations Command – Erbil to fight Daesh across all of northern Iraq. The new center will also set the conditions to relocate the Ninewa Operations Center from Baghdad to northern Iraq to coordinate future operations in Ninewa and Mosul.

Daesh continues to be a threat to all citizens of Iraq. The establishment of the JCCC is another tangible sign of the united effort of governmental security forces across northern Iraq and the coalition working together towards the shared goal of defeating Daesh and returning stability to the region.

The center will be manned by an equal number of representatives from the Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the coalition forces.

Tuesday 1 September saw a Reaper patrolling in western Iraq, where it spotted a vehicle check-point close to the Syrian border being used by the terrorists to prevent the movement of traffic. The Reaper’s crew conducted a successful strike with a Hellfire.

On Sep. 1, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted five airstrikes using attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted eight airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

“In the last two days, coalition airstrikes near Bayji have removed a number of Daesh terrorists from the battlefield,” said Col. Wayne Marotto, CJTF-OIR public affairs officer. “Daesh may persist on sending reinforcements, and we will continue to eliminate them.”

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hawl, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL front end loader.

• Near Ar Raqqah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL bunker.

• Near Mar’a, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL buildings, an ISIL excavator, an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL mortar system.

• Near Washiyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL artillery piece.

Iraq

• Near Al Qaim, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Bayji, one airstrike struck an ISIL large tactical unit and destroyed four ISIL vehicles and an ISIL homemade explosives facility.

• Near Haditha, one airstrike destroyed two ISIL vehicles and an ISIL VBIED.

• Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

• Near Qayyrah, one airstrike struck an ISIL staging area.

• Near Sinjar, one airstrike [Canadian] struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed four ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL light machine gun.

• Near Tal Afar, one airstrike struck an ISIL mortar firing position.

On 1 September 2015, while taking part in coalition operations in support of Iraqi security forces, two CF-18 Hornets successfully struck an ISIS fighting position in the vicinity of Sinjar using precision guided munitions.

On Aug. 31, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted six airstrikes using bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 13 airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, fighter, fighter-attack, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hawl, one airstrike struck an ISIL large tactical unit and destroyed eight ISIL fighting positions.

• Near Kobani, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and an ISIL training camp and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.

• Near Mar’a, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL road grader and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL front end loader.

• Near Washiyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

Iraq

• Near Al Baghdadi, one airstrike struck an ISIL large tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL buildings and an ISIL VBIED.

• Near Bayji, two airstrikes struck an ISIL large tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL vehicles and an ISIL weapons cache.

• Near Haditha, one airstrike struck an ISIL large tactical unit and destroyed four ISIL VBIEDs.

• Near Kisik, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun.

• Near Mosul, four airstrikes struck four ISIL tactical units and destroyed four ISIL fighting positions an ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL light machine gun and an ISIL mortar tube.

• Near Ramadi, three airstrikes struck three ISIL staging areas

• Near Sinjar, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

On 1 September 2015, while taking part in coalition operations in support of Iraqi security forces, two CF-18 Hornets successfully struck an ISIS fighting position in the vicinity of Sinjar using precision guided munitions.

De Nederlandse F-16’s in het Midden-Oosten vlogen meer dan 10 missies. Daarbij werden wapens ingezet tegen gebouwen, vuurposities en verzamelplaatsen van terreurorganisatie ISIS.

In Erbil begon weer een nieuwe lichting aan de infanteriecursus. De train-the-trainercursus aan Peshmerga is in volle gang, evenals de verschillende opleidingen aan commando’s in Bagdad.

De danske F-16-fly, der er udsendt som bidrag til Operation Inherent Resolve, har siden seneste opdatering 25. august fløjet 8 missioner og anvendt 16 bomber.

Missionerne, som de danske fly har deltaget i, har været offensive, og de danske fly har i den forløbne periode deltaget i missioner i Ninawa, Salah Al Din, Kirkuk, Arbil og Al Anbar provinserne. Målene for bomberne har været fjendtlige våbenstillinger, fjendtligt personel, køretøjer og bygninger anvendt af ISIL.

De danske fly har fløjet Close Air Support-missioner (CAS), hvor flyene er indsat som luftstøtte til styrker på landjorden. Her vil flyene patruljere over et bestemt område, hvorefter de vil kunne blive indsat af koalitionen, når der er behov for støtte. Luftstøtten vil variere afhængig af, hvad der er behov for. Det kan både dreje sig om overvågningsopgaver og bombninger af mål.

På de missioner, hvor de danske F-16 ikke har anvendt våben, har de bidraget med overvågning og indhentning af efterretninger. På sådanne overvågningsmissioner er flyene dog altid klar til at anvende våben, hvis der er behov for det.

Siden første mission den 16. oktober 2014, har det danske bidrag i alt fløjet 498 missioner og anvendt 464 bomber. Alle de danske bomber er præcisionsstyrede, hvilket vil sige, at de styres mod deres mål ved hjælp af enten laser eller GPS.

On Aug. 30, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted one airstrike using fighter aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 11 airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, fighter, fighter-attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hawl, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL excavator.

Iraq

• Near Al Baghdadi, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL homemade explosives cache and an ISIL resupply boat.

• Near Bayji, one airstrike struck an ISIL large tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL vehicles and an ISIL barge.

• Near Kisik, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL IEDs and an ISIL vehicle.

• Near Ramadi, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL mortar system.

• Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL light machine gun and an ISIL vehicle.

• Near Sultan Abdallah, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL heavy machine guns and an ISIL excavator.

• Near Tal Afar, one airstrike struck an ISIL heavy machine gun firing position.

• Near Tuz, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

On Sunday 30 August, a GR4 patrol identified an excavator being used by ISIL to prepare a defensive position east of Mosul; the vehicle was destroyed with a Paveway IV guided bomb.

On Aug. 29, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven airstrikes using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 13 airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, bomber, fighter, fighter-attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hawl, one airstrike struck three ISIL fighting positions.

• Near Ar Raqqah, one airstrike struck an ISIL facility.

• Near Kobani, four airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and three ISIL excavators and destroyed five ISIL motorcycles, three ISIL structures, two ISIL guard shacks, two ISIL excavators and an ISIL vehicle.

• Near Washiyah, one airstrike had inconclusive results.

Iraq

• Near Bayji, two airstrikes struck an ISIL large tactical unit and an ISIL heavy machine gun firing position and destroyed seven ISIL buildings, two ISIL heavy machine guns and an ISIL weapons cache.

• Near Habbaniyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Kisik, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

• Near Ramadi, five airstrikes struck three ISIL staging areas and destroyed two ISIL vehicles.

• Near Sinjar, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.

• Near Tuz, three airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed four ISIL vehicles, two ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL mortar position.

On Aug. 28, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven airstrikes using bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 15 airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hasakah, four airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL bunkers, an ISIL air defense artillery system, an ISIL mortar position and an ISIL rocket launcher.

• Near Al Hawl, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL artillery piece and an ISIL excavator.

• Near Washiyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL staging area.

Iraq

• Near Al Baghdadi, one airstrike [Canadian] destroyed two ISIL boats and two ISIL IED caches.

• Near Bayji, four airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL vehicles, an ISIL building, an ISIL excavator and an ISIL mortar tube.

• Near Habbaniyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL resupply vehicle.

• Near Kisik, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun.

• Near Makhmur, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions and two ISIL heavy machine guns.

• Near Mosul, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Ramadi, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL mortar firing position and destroyed two ISIL light machine guns, an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL weapons cache.

• Near Tal Afar, one airstrike struck an ISIL heavy machine gun firing position.

• Near Tuz, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle.

On 28 August 2015, while taking part in coalition operations in support of Iraqi security forces, two CF-18 Hornets successfully struck an ISIS ammunition cache and ISIS boats used for transporting ammunition in the vicinity of Al-Baghdadi using precision guided munitions.

The following day [August 29th 2015], again in northern Iraq, another RAF Reaper observed ISIL extremists forcing civilian occupants to flee from a village. Our aircraft observed groups of armed terrorists making their way to a building in the middle of the village; a Hellfire missile destroyed the building.

Alors que l’opération Chammal entre dans son douzième mois, 32 sorties ont été réalisées par les avions de la force Chammal ces deux dernières semaines. Cinq missions ISR de renseignement dans la profondeur ont permis la réalisation de 23 missions de reconnaissance armée et 4 missions de frappes planifiées.

Ces missions ont abouti, avec 16 frappes, à la neutralisation de 23 objectifs dont plusieurs caches d’armes et bâtiments que le groupe terroriste utilisait comme dépôts logistiques, de commandement et contrôle ou fabriques d’engins explosifs improvisés. Approchant les 1100 missions, les avions français ont réalisé leur deux-centième frappe, tandis que l’Atlantique2 opérait une nouvelle capacité de mission en procédant à un tir dans le cadre d’une mission planifiée.

En Irak, dans le secteur de Bagdad, le détachement conseil et assistance continue sa formation au profit des officiers de l’état-major de la 6th Infantry Division et a participé à la mise en place et au suivi de stages de secourisme au combat et de lutte contre les engins explosifs improvisés. Le Détachement d’instruction opérationnel (DIO) 13 poursuit le stage de 8 semaines en techniques commando auprès des militaires de l’ICTS, l’Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service commencé fin juillet 2015.

On Aug. 27, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven airstrikes using bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 13 airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, bomber, fighter, fighter-attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Aleppo, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Ar Raqqah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL checkpoint.

• Near Al Hasakah, one airstrike struck an ISIL ant-aircraft artillery piece.

• Near Kobani, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Washiyah, three airstrikes struck one large and two small ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

Iraq

• Near Bayji, two airstrikes destroyed three ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL vehicles and an ISIL IED.

• Near Habbaniyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL light machine gun and an ISIL building.

• Near Haditha, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL building and an ISIL motorcycle.

• Near Kirkuk, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

• Near Kisik, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL excavator and an ISIL fighting position.

• Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL mortar firing position and destroyed an ISIL checkpoint.

• Near Ramadi, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions and two ISIL light machine guns.

• Near Tuz, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL VBIED.

Peshmerga forces with the support of Coalition airstrikes, are conducting a successful offensive operation against Daesh terrorists near Tuz in Northern Iraq. Since Aug. 26, the Peshmerga have destroyed Daesh defensive positions and re-established control of more than 200 square kilometers, liberating seven villages, and straightening and shortening the Kurdish forward line of troops.

“The Peshmerga troops are conducting a significant operation east of Tuz in northern Iraq,” Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea chief of staff, CJTF-OIR. “In a short period of time the Peshmerga have physically cleared and secured a large amount of terrain, supported by Coalition air strikes.”

Coalition forces carried out 13 deliberate and 12 dynamic strikes over a three-day period in support of the Peshmerga operation. CJTF-OIR will continue to target and destroy ISIL fighting positions, infrastructure and equipment in support of the Peshmerga as they clear ISIL fighters from Iraqi villages and countryside.

Video footage of airstrikes in support of this operation, which is part of a broader effort by the Coalition to degrade and ultimately defeat Daesh terrorists in Iraq and Syria, is available at https://youtu.be/cSNPupGz_T8

On Thursday 27 August, an RAF Reaper flew an armed reconnaissance mission over northern Iraq, where offensives by the Kurdish peshmerga have forced the ISIL terrorists onto the defensive. The Reaper spotted a pick-up truck and a Hellfire missile scored a direct hit and a very large secondary blast confirmed that it had been loaded with explosives for use as a suicide truck-bomb.