New Iraqi army chief a PMA graduate

Society Military and Strategic Issues
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WASHINGTON: Gen Amer Hashimi, the new Iraqi army chief of staff, is a graduate of the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul. Gen Hashimi passed out of Kakul in 1970. Unlike many Iraqi generals and senior officers, he was never a member of the ruling Baath Party. The United States is hoping that Gen Hashimi’s appointment will bring order to Fallujah and help rebuild the new Iraqi army with Iraqi officers. It has now been realised in Washington that disbanding the Iraqi army was the biggest mistake made after the ouster of Saddam Hussein and the occupation of the country. —Khalid Hasan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-5-2004_pg7_13

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oh thanks for the post Chtonic. i didnt know he was a kakulite.

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I also heard in the 1990s that most of the Iraqi Air Force pilots were trained by Pakistan, USA, Britain and France. Thats why the Coalitions couldn't shoot many Iraqi Fighters down in the rare dog fights.

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Does Pakistan still train millitaries in the Middle East?

Is it true that US troops in Saudi Arabia have now been replaced by Pakistani troops since June/July 2003?

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^ yeah they do.
Pakistan Airforce and Army gives trainings in "some" areas to most of the countries in middle east.
Aside from M.E countries, Pakistan set up Turkey's first F-16s and sqdrn.

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*Originally posted by al-majid: * Aside from M.E countries, Pakistan set up Turkey's first F-16s and sqdrn.
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Al-hamdulillah.

That's what makes me proud. My only hope is that other Muslim nations should also help Pakistan in this field.