Iraq in 2018-2019

[JWing]

Violence was up in Iraq from Dec to Jan. Here's monthly security report.

[AdamG]

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Nine Abrams tanks the United States had provided to Iraqi forces for the battle against the Islamic State (IS) are now in the hands of the Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi militias, a US military audit confirmed.
A quarterly inspector general report for the US mission in Iraq and Syria, released on Feb. 2, confirms that M1 Abrams battle tanks and other lethal equipment provided to the Iraqi government by Washington have ended up with the Hashd al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/d...7-3f3021db71e2

Doesn't someone need a few flight hours honing their J-DAM delivery techniques?

Asking for a friend.