Operation Shader
| Opération Shader | |
|---|---|
| Part of 2014 military intervention against ISIS | |
| Location | Northern Iraq |
| Planned by |  David Cameron(President) Nick Clegg |
| Objective | Quarantine the expansion of the Islamic State |
| Date | 16 August - present |
| Executed by | Royal Air Force |
| Outcome | Ongoing |
| Casualties | 2-5? Islamic State militants killed |
Operation Shader is the official name of the on going military operation which is currently running in northern Iraq to contain the expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to support the Iraqi Army.
Background
and Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State.
Britain sent 16 August spy plane and aid packages delivered in a C-130 Hercules cargo to help the Yazidi refuges on Mount Sinja [1] As this took place Kurdish activists held protest rallies central London against ISIS massacre. <http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_08_16/Kurdish-activists-hold-protests-in-London-against-ISIS-massacre-7961/</ref>
Air strikes
The House of Commons voted 524 votes in favor and 43 votes against asirsirikes apon ISIS targets in northen Iraq on September 26th.[2]. With in hours of this 6 Tornado GR4 strike aircraft of No. 2 Squadron RAF stationed at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus were prepared for their first armed sorties over Iraq in what the RAF code named "Operation Shader".[3]
On September 27th, the UK Ministry of Defence announced that 2 Tornado GR4 strike aircraft had begun armed reconnaissance missions Iraq.[4]
A Voyager A330 inflight refueling aircraft was also in used a sortie on September 28th.[5]
2 RAF Tornados used Paveway bomb blow up a ISIS truck in northern Iraq.[6]
2 RAF Tornado bombers based in Akrotiri, went on a combat sortie and hit 2 ISIS targets overnight acording to the UK's Ministry of Defence has said on October 1st. [7]
Politics
Although the UK Parliament only voted on the 26th for airstrikes in Iraq, the British Prime Minister David Cameron made clear that he thought there was also a "strong case" for airstrikes in Syria. He warned that would British operations may extend to the country if a "humanitarian catastrophe" unfolded and that that any extension of airstrikes from Iraq into Syria would not require another House of Commons vote.[8]
Resources in use or on standby
- A Voyager A330 inflight refueling aircraft[9]
- 6 Tornado GR4 fighter bombers[10] [11]
- A C-130 Hercules cargo plane[12]
- 4 Chinook helicopters[13]
- ? Personnel from 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment [14]
- ? UK Special Forces. Additionally[15]
- HMS Defender[16]
- HMS Astute[17]
- 1 Boeing RC-135 Reconnaissance aircraft
- 6 Tornado GR4 attack aircraft
- 1 Type 45 destroyer
- 1 Trafalgar-class submarine (SSN)
Special forces including the Special Air Service (SAS) and additional cargo aircraft & air to air tanker aircraft on standby in the area.[18]
See also
- American-led intervention in Iraq
- Iranian-led intervention in Iraq
- Opération Chammal
- Battle of Sinjar
- Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State
- Battle for Mosul Dam
References
- ^ iraq-crisis-britain-sends-spy-plane-and-aid-packages-as-isis-massacres-80-yazidi-men-9673157.html
- ^ Robinson, Nick (2014-09-26). "MPs support UK air strikes against IS in Iraq". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
- ^ Islamic State air strikes: RAF to launch Operation Shader – BBC News, 26 September 2014.
- ^ "RAF Tornado jets fly ready for attack role over Iraq". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140926/NEWS08/309260049/UK-aircraft-prepared-attack-militants-Iraq
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2775050/British-jets-make-SEVENTH-sortie-Iraq-without-firing-weapons-Foreign-Secretary-says-RAF-not-panicked-dropping-bombs.html
- ^ http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/raf-bombers-attack-two-islamic-state-targets-in-iraq-mod-says/ar-BB6Kf9j
- ^ Swinford, Steven (2014-09-26). "David Cameron says there is 'strong case' for air strikes in Syria". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
- ^ http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140926/NEWS08/309260049/UK-aircraft-prepared-attack-militants-Iraq
- ^ http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140926/NEWS08/309260049/UK-aircraft-prepared-attack-militants-Iraq
- ^ http://www.itv.com/news/2014-09-26/raf-stand-ready-for-iraq-islmaic-state-airstrikes/
- ^ http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Yorkshire-Regiment-soldiers-land-Iraq/story-22761203-detail/story.html
- ^ http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Yorkshire-Regiment-soldiers-land-Iraq/story-22761203-detail/story.html
- ^ http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Yorkshire-Regiment-soldiers-land-Iraq/story-22761203-detail/story.html
- ^ http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Yorkshire-Regiment-soldiers-land-Iraq/story-22761203-detail/story.html
- ^ http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Yorkshire-Regiment-soldiers-land-Iraq/story-22761203-detail/story.html
- ^ http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Yorkshire-Regiment-soldiers-land-Iraq/story-22761203-detail/story.html
- ^ http://rt.com/news/166920-isis-iraq-offensive-report/
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