Sept 15 2015
 


Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Dr. Haider Al-Abadi said that there are those who try to challenge the state through kidnapping, armed robbery and criminal operations, which we have instructed that they be dealt with terrorism is dealt with, because every criminal is an enemy of the state and citizens.

During his speech at the security conference held by the Baghdad Operations Command in the al-Taji area in the presence of security and military commanders in Baghdad, the PM said that a review of performance is very important in the discovery of errors, and that the role Baghdad operations is very important and essential to maintain the security of the citizens in the capital and the center of the state, noting that there are those who want the state to weaken so that they can extort citizens and gain control over them, but we will not allow them to do what they want and we will fight them.

He called on our heroes in the military and security forces to stay away from political issues and adopt professionalism, impartiality and loyalty to the country in their work, pointing to the importance of taking care of fighters in terms of equipment, weapons, food, clothing because they are the shield of Iraq and were it not for them we could not overcome the enemy.

The Prime Minister highlighted the importance of the psychological and media campaigns, because there are those fighters and citizens who are affected by them, noting that every setback is offset by a thousand successes but they are not felt as keenly, so we must highlight these successes and work to increase the intelligence effort to curb violations
 

 
Prime Minister’s Media Office
September  15   2015