The Global Campaign to Counter the Islamic State
Excerpt from the congressional research service
On September 10, 2014, President Obama announced the formation of a global coalition to “degrade and ultimately defeat” the Islamic State (IS, aka the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL/ISIS or the Arabic acronym Da’esh Subsequently, over 60nations and partner organizations agreed to participate, contributing either military forces or resources (or both) to the campaign. In Brussels in December 2014, 60of these partners agreed to organize themselves along five “lines of effort,” (by contrast,the United States strategy involves nine lines of effort), with at least two countries in the lead for each:
- supporting military operations, capacity building, and training (ledby the United States and Iraq)
- stopping the flow of foreign terrorist fight ers (led by The Netherlands andTurkey);
- cutting off IS access to financing and funding (led by Italy, the Kingdom of SaudiArabia and the United States);
- addressing associated humanitarian relief and crises (led by Germany and theUnited Arab Emirates); and
- exposing IS’true nature (led by the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom,and the United States)
7 Danish F-16 fighter aircraft were redeployed to Denmark for refitting and refurbishment in late August 2015. In early March 2016, the Danish Ministry of Defense submitted a proposal to the Danish Parliament that would authorize the re-deployment of F-16s for airstrike operations in Iraq and Syria, deploy a C-130J transport aircraft, and add a new personnel contingent that would include approximately 60 special forces personnel to train and advise Iraqi Security Forces personnel. Approximately 170
personnel would be deployed in air - combat and air - transport roles
Also read: http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/syd/danske-kampfly-drager-i-dag-i-krig
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Denmark Goes Off to War, For the Fifth Time
Denmark – a rogue state
The Denmark and the Norden you may think you know is changing and we need a debate about this moral and intellectual defeat under MIMAK in our countries. But certainly people in the rest of the world who used to look up to Scandinavia should know and tell us what they think. Rogue states, big and small, is a problem to the whole world. And the sooner they change, the better for all.
Jan Oberg is the founder of Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research.