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  • Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
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    It's four years since Islamic State terrorists swept across Syria and Iraq, killing and enslaving thousands of men and women. British troops were among the first to be sent in to retrain the battered Iraqi Army as it tried to stop IS from entering Baghdad. We have travelled to Camp Taji just outside the capital...
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Комментарии • 258

  • @_Matsimus_
    @_Matsimus_ 5 лет назад +202

    I wish we had the kit that was as good as that when I was in.... little shameful how bad our kit was for my tour when we went

    • @jamespulford3892
      @jamespulford3892 5 лет назад

      @Nick Maclachlan I'm joining the paras soon as a junior what's wrong with the raf but truss should do sommin else stead of the raf

    • @gcasper9191
      @gcasper9191 5 лет назад +2

      alright

    • @p.s.5135
      @p.s.5135 5 лет назад

      Try too get some oil like the u.s.

    • @thewatcheronthewall85
      @thewatcheronthewall85 5 лет назад

      Thanks for your service bro.

    • @milestrueman4352
      @milestrueman4352 4 года назад +1

      Matsimus cheers dits

  • @tonykennedy5522
    @tonykennedy5522 5 лет назад +153

    Iraqi soldiers seem far more advanced than their Afghan counterparts. If that bridge building exercise happened in Afghanistan, the minute the Brits turned their back,the ANA would have sold the metal for scrap.

    • @negan_lq9499
      @negan_lq9499 5 лет назад +13

      The iraqi army has a long history
      But it was completely destroyed in 2003
      They had to start from the begging especially the air force

    • @zarghamkhan441
      @zarghamkhan441 3 года назад

      Indeed. I am an ethnic Afghan/Pashtun living in Pakistan and this what I observed throughout the documentary that the Iraqi officers seem very professional and army like. Whereas the ANA acts like its still a tribal militia not a professional army.

    • @WFootyEdits
      @WFootyEdits Год назад

      Wait till you find out how well train & equip they are now
      Currently they are replacing m16a2 with m4 and its almost 40% through

    • @smith5385
      @smith5385 5 месяцев назад

      Trust me the iraqis did the same, when the yanks left Taji, the Iraqis stripped the camp instead of moving their soldiers in.

  • @jamalihamilton7866
    @jamalihamilton7866 5 лет назад +194

    Nice to see the Brits with their new rifle upgrade.

    • @FoxPlays_Games
      @FoxPlays_Games 5 лет назад +20

      yea only the guards and a few others are using it its wont be implemented until early 2019 for ground forces anyway

    • @_Matsimus_
      @_Matsimus_ 5 лет назад +16

      jamali hamilton agreed!! ❤️👍

    • @dfhdff
      @dfhdff 5 лет назад +5

      Clyde Ceniza bruh they talking bout the rifle not the politics man keep it to yourself

    • @clydeceniza2521
      @clydeceniza2521 5 лет назад +2

      @@dfhdff lol the comment was not supposed to be in this thread. Damn

    • @captainshinysidesofthehmsb8900
      @captainshinysidesofthehmsb8900 5 лет назад +1

      About time.

  • @jonathanharding3056
    @jonathanharding3056 5 лет назад +213

    State of that boys beret at 10:07

    • @alanoag8926
      @alanoag8926 5 лет назад +36

      Jonathan Harding wtf 😂 I swear Britain and America are the only countries who can shape a beret

    • @notsomalicious4435
      @notsomalicious4435 5 лет назад +13

      That’s the worst beret I’ve ever seen

    • @notsomalicious4435
      @notsomalicious4435 5 лет назад +21

      Ironically the commander is talking about what a great fighting force they are when the beret is on show.

    • @sjerbz5322
      @sjerbz5322 5 лет назад +9

      Looks like a toilet seat ahaha

    • @mactruccsmacktruck1176
      @mactruccsmacktruck1176 5 лет назад +2

      sometimes, (in the wind) it really do be like that (improper slang was intended in the writing of this comment)

  • @ashleyradwell709
    @ashleyradwell709 5 лет назад +112

    Though I never believed the invasion was right or legal its a political matter, but what matters now is that british personal continues it's professional approach to the mess that is Iraq in 2018. I hope all our serving men and women make it home alive and finish the job, we owe that to those that have fallen in battle..

    • @GreenJumper
      @GreenJumper 5 лет назад +6

      I want to Believe nah you owe iraq

    • @GreenJumper
      @GreenJumper 5 лет назад +8

      Straight White British Protestant go to Iraq right now and tell me if it’s safe

    • @John.anti-carnist
      @John.anti-carnist 5 лет назад +5

      @Jubran Qabo Ignoring Saddams Iraq was not going to make it go away. Did you want to wait until he had a nuclear bomb? It was underway, google "the bomb in my garden"

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 4 года назад +2

      @@John.anti-carnist boomer

    • @TheDeepState2001
      @TheDeepState2001 4 года назад

      We saved thousands upon thousands of innocent kurdish people from dying with the invasion.

  • @xAlexTobiasxB
    @xAlexTobiasxB 5 лет назад +24

    chemicals weapons... that could never be found lmao

    • @lasluqman3360
      @lasluqman3360 5 лет назад +5

      It got used on the kurds

    • @lenini056
      @lenini056 3 года назад

      @@lasluqman3360 That was before the Gulf War smartass. And I hope you're happy how Iraq is like now! :/

    • @Scot1shSqu1rell
      @Scot1shSqu1rell 3 года назад +1

      @@lenini056 to be fair, he didn't say "in the lead up to 2003".

  • @TheLifeOfDan1
    @TheLifeOfDan1 5 лет назад +34

    God bless our troops! 🇬🇧 New Rifle looking great too!

    • @darthhoovy8332
      @darthhoovy8332 5 лет назад +1

      It’s propaganda!!

    • @kardelenozgur4099
      @kardelenozgur4099 5 лет назад +8

      Your troops should be in your country not stealing others oil

    • @hac3359
      @hac3359 5 лет назад +7

      @@kardelenozgur4099 That's the Americans. We're there to claim their tea

    • @az3378
      @az3378 4 года назад +2

      Kardelen ozgur the British ain’t stealing oil, that’s the U.S we’re training their soldiers it’s win win

    • @isengard1500
      @isengard1500 4 года назад

      The British are training the Iraq Army. Us Brits are only there for the tea and scones

  • @timniven9461
    @timniven9461 3 года назад +4

    The personal admin amongst the Iraqi's is top notch! Credit!

  • @belialuedke1880
    @belialuedke1880 5 лет назад +4

    Awesome video. :D

  • @hries57
    @hries57 5 лет назад +3

    I commend your professionalism and dedication to duty.. I especially look forward to meeting officers and soldiers currently training Iraqi troops upon your return to the UK!! Way to go -- LtCol Ashfield and the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards!! Best ,, No. 9

  • @ULSTERISBRITISH
    @ULSTERISBRITISH 5 лет назад +8

    “Sappers” adopted Belfast reg ❤️🇬🇧

    • @abefroman8202
      @abefroman8202 4 года назад

      Aha Ulster Protestant. UDR or are you too young?!

  • @latinman1736
    @latinman1736 5 лет назад +9

    How can you watch warship life at sea whilst in a sky contract?

  • @nishanchris4428
    @nishanchris4428 5 лет назад +6

    Now I'm working in Camp Taji🙋‍♂️

  • @pupptarts4439
    @pupptarts4439 5 лет назад +7

    0:01and I know this video is off to a good start

  • @chrismitchell4808
    @chrismitchell4808 3 года назад +3

    Op shader, wish I was on it, for the mert FP and obviously for making sure the grenny guards know how to cross taxiway thresholds by RAF ATC and of course, because guards are not airfield trained for CAGE environments,

  • @deathwish5130
    @deathwish5130 5 лет назад +5

    I'll be there soon , stay at it 🇬🇧🤘🏼

    • @kardelenozgur4099
      @kardelenozgur4099 5 лет назад +3

      Go to hell you have no place at iraq 🖕

    • @adamatch9624
      @adamatch9624 4 года назад +1

      Kardelen ozgur why not

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 4 года назад +1

      The hole world is against isis
      UK
      US
      Iran
      Russia
      Turkey...

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 4 года назад +1

      Kardelen ozgur the UK is t you enemy, the filthy US terrorists and isis is your enemy

  • @kundankumar-th9vz
    @kundankumar-th9vz 3 года назад +1

    Some one help this poor guy❤️

  • @m7md_lincer502
    @m7md_lincer502 5 лет назад +2

    We don't have modern equipment or many tanks but we have men ready to fight and die for their county and who die may god bless ur soul !

  • @af-titantips665
    @af-titantips665 5 лет назад +8

    I know the British troops are in a non combat role, but would they be seeing any action?

    • @noodlehousefilms3028
      @noodlehousefilms3028 5 лет назад

      Probably not

    • @Alucard-gt1zf
      @Alucard-gt1zf 5 лет назад +6

      AF - TitanTips unless their base got attacked or something no they most probably will not see combat

    • @leemason5953
      @leemason5953 5 лет назад +1

      I'm pretty sure there are special forces on the ground in both syria and iraq, but these guys would most probably only see action now if they were attacked.

  • @avivadi3246
    @avivadi3246 8 месяцев назад

    I was there for a long time, i remember the restaurant and the gym

  • @alicraft6011
    @alicraft6011 5 лет назад +2

    العراق 🇮🇶💗 lraq

  • @sammisamim6353
    @sammisamim6353 5 лет назад +3

    Iraq was a beautiful country

  • @Deltasloth240
    @Deltasloth240 5 лет назад +2

    Must take a colossal amount of will power not to remove those grip pods, switch them out for something less cumbersome and useful.

    • @tobymcelhinney5354
      @tobymcelhinney5354 5 лет назад

      Why would they want to swap it out for something less usefull?

  • @malcom2008
    @malcom2008 3 года назад +3

    Chemical weapons was never found in Iraq

    • @danielbb8570
      @danielbb8570 Год назад

      False information from Israel special forces, USA believes in it

  • @hailtothe_rooster1572
    @hailtothe_rooster1572 5 лет назад +1

    My old home away from home

  • @businessandmoney9064
    @businessandmoney9064 5 лет назад +3

    Everyone say that Iraq was manufacturing chemical weapons, but no one can ding them lol 😂

    • @lasluqman3360
      @lasluqman3360 5 лет назад +2

      He used it on the kurds, it documented and proved to be right. Google it.

    • @user-vn4dd7jx8e
      @user-vn4dd7jx8e 2 года назад

      ما معنى لول ارجو التوضيح

  • @Dan-kt1zs
    @Dan-kt1zs 3 года назад +2

    This is what the US should have done before they said "Mission Accomplished".

  • @milaskilathelab
    @milaskilathelab 5 лет назад +8

    bit late for the weapons upgrades..

    • @TheFreshSpam
      @TheFreshSpam 5 лет назад +3

      Its after 15 years of use out in the field and now has been refined even more.
      Can't make proper upgrades without proper knowledge

  • @fergusmacrae7590
    @fergusmacrae7590 5 лет назад +1

    Very good question

  • @agnosticguy8442
    @agnosticguy8442 5 лет назад +2

    Oil??

  • @user-rr8dg5fg6l
    @user-rr8dg5fg6l 5 лет назад +8

    🇮🇶✌👍

  • @barackobama5697
    @barackobama5697 4 года назад +1

    I hope to survive my first tour

  • @CaptainPlanetsBallBag
    @CaptainPlanetsBallBag 5 лет назад +1

    What targets do they us on the ranges?

  • @WandererBrother
    @WandererBrother 4 года назад +1

    Uk doesn't have enough millitary vehicles

  • @AhmedAhmed-mj8le
    @AhmedAhmed-mj8le 5 лет назад +2

    Iraq's head of a state as of 2019 after the Iraqi-Kurdish conflict of 2017, is the Kurdish Ahmed Salih. They haven't had an Arab Iraqi head of state since 2005. (Lol)

  • @BuleBolang
    @BuleBolang 4 года назад +9

    Pretty sure it’s already came out they didn’t make any chemical weapons 😂😂

  • @chrisroger8774
    @chrisroger8774 4 года назад +1

    Yes I think if true I am goin mad with excitement and joy in

  • @titansmiler775
    @titansmiler775 2 года назад

    I live in iraq but when the war happend 200003 ppl died and theres 300 ppl left in iraq

  • @coffee6930
    @coffee6930 2 года назад +2

    "retaking theyr colony" i assume?

  • @user-nx3tg3yw2g
    @user-nx3tg3yw2g 5 лет назад +6

    I think our soliders dont need training but we need to develop Our air force

    • @TheDeepState2001
      @TheDeepState2001 4 года назад

      20 of them are hanging off the back off a pickup truck and can't wear Berets properly...

    • @WFootyEdits
      @WFootyEdits Год назад

      @@TheDeepState2001 well now they are better trained

    • @WFootyEdits
      @WFootyEdits Год назад

      @@TheDeepState2001 especially ISOF

  • @mallorybutts6057
    @mallorybutts6057 5 лет назад +6

    I wish UK just take over Iraq as it's land and help make economy greater past times.

    • @jameshughes8234
      @jameshughes8234 5 лет назад

      @Mr. Terrorist not worthy, the place is rubble and has a corrupt goverment its like a wasteland.

    • @sharkfinbite
      @sharkfinbite 5 лет назад

      U.K. didn't even make people wealthy other than their own kind during colonization. You are just asking for Iraq to become more ruined.

    • @TheDeepState2001
      @TheDeepState2001 4 года назад

      @Aamir Kothia it destroyed itself

    • @danielbb8570
      @danielbb8570 Год назад

      @@sharkfinbite UK aid has provided £252.5 million in humanitarian support and over £103 million in stabilisation funding to the people of Iraq since 2014. In 2018, the Foreign Secretary announced a review into the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, £1 billion for trade with iraq , £30 million for rebuilding hospitals ,schools, power plants , also help rebuild the economy,that what he on about , research it before text something

  • @SumanRoy.official
    @SumanRoy.official 5 лет назад +1

    Where is Captain Price?

  • @CelicaSainz
    @CelicaSainz 5 лет назад +2

    Getting killed for nothing

  • @JosephStealin
    @JosephStealin 2 года назад +2

    How old are some of those Iraqi soldiers 😂

  • @edmsing
    @edmsing 5 лет назад +2

    Is it possible for the United States government to persuade
    the public toward war by stimulating a few high blown facts, yes, it has been
    done twice in my life time, first we were given war in Vietnam, then sixteen
    years from today, war in Iraq, one would be hard pressed to find any defenders for
    these two wars, other than pointing to and counting the expense and the dead as
    some sort of justification to even some trumped up perceived score. If you are
    one of these defenders, please state you case below…

  • @jackcloud4728
    @jackcloud4728 5 лет назад +1

    do you think they feel shame for not being able to defend their country ?

  • @peterwalker3239
    @peterwalker3239 4 года назад

    I respect that British captains moustache

  • @juliusfernandez4214
    @juliusfernandez4214 5 лет назад +3

    you said chemical weapons?.. they never found one

    • @opkb4e
      @opkb4e 5 лет назад +1

      There were plenty in the 80s/90s.

    • @lasko189
      @lasko189 5 лет назад +2

      I was in Taji in 2005. There was literally TONS of dangerous chemicals that could have been mixed together to make both chemical weapons and weapons of max destruction. Taji was also home to "Chemical Ali".

    • @sharkfinbite
      @sharkfinbite 5 лет назад

      @@lasko189 If there were why doesn't everyone talk about finding them more? Hmmm? We would be hearing more about it even in the media.

  • @sxdswazzy8006
    @sxdswazzy8006 5 лет назад +9

    Every time you like I ad a 💯
    💯💯💯

  • @wickwire9560
    @wickwire9560 5 лет назад

    I stayed there it was a big place but man those poor guys on the towers got hit all the time , we had a Mechanic get hit a sniper fired the round went right between me and my buddy hit this guy right center mass his breast plate man he wasn't required to have it on but it saved his life !!

  • @Haneix1
    @Haneix1 5 лет назад +1

    It's nice to see the A3 but a new rifle would be great rather than altering an existing one, then again these things boil down to boring old logistics and economics.

    • @ieuanhs33
      @ieuanhs33 5 лет назад

      And just plain old squeezing out the Sa80 system for everything it’s got

  • @dexterslaboratory2404
    @dexterslaboratory2404 3 года назад

    I always wondered what other countries are doing in our fight, good money I suppose

  • @jahwah8275
    @jahwah8275 3 года назад +2

    Spreading freedom and democracy ofcourse 🇺🇸🇬🇧

  • @demono6708
    @demono6708 4 года назад

    WHy ArE wE StILl THerE?
    Isis: Stabs people in street, blows up stadium

  • @nightster6378
    @nightster6378 2 года назад +3

    In the first minute we get a lie, Iraq didn't need to manufacture Chemical Weapons the British Government supplied Iraq with them.

    • @danielbb8570
      @danielbb8570 Год назад

      Israel special forces said there was make chemical warfare to them Americans, usa and nato members went in get rid of it but found out it was false

  • @hasanfoyejul5500
    @hasanfoyejul5500 4 года назад

    Iraqi soldier looking reluctant,

  • @anonymous2513456
    @anonymous2513456 4 года назад

    Those berets

  • @superpower8451
    @superpower8451 4 года назад +1

    اني عراقي هههههه

  • @jehovahhohenzollern3329
    @jehovahhohenzollern3329 3 года назад

    *Ur-Rurik-Hohenzollern are three Scandinavian Dynasties of Adam & Eve of the Ziggurat of Ur who are the first two humans and their eldest descendants being Royalty of the world.*

  • @bretmatt6324
    @bretmatt6324 5 лет назад +1

    Why not deploy those Gurkas...

  • @adamatch9624
    @adamatch9624 4 года назад

    I am applying to join the Royal Marines

  • @saykhulhassan5235
    @saykhulhassan5235 5 лет назад +6

    Bush and Blair commit a war crime for what they’ve done to Iraq and even though British army is train with the Iraqi army and should’ve be on a combat role as well so that Iraqi and British army working together

  • @alfielarong3094
    @alfielarong3094 3 года назад +2

    I love british army

  • @MrBlindzsk64
    @MrBlindzsk64 5 лет назад +1

    selling tea

  • @chrisroger8774
    @chrisroger8774 4 года назад +1

    Dnt pay IT for BBC people R and I not pay for the BBC service

  • @bernzt120
    @bernzt120 4 года назад +1

    mmm manufactured chemical weapons

  • @vivekraychowdhury4348
    @vivekraychowdhury4348 4 года назад

    Should have mentioned the Kurdish partisans fighting the dash out of Mosul

  • @freshfrozen3035
    @freshfrozen3035 4 года назад

    Thank the Iranians as well

  • @Mm-tu8ec
    @Mm-tu8ec 4 года назад +1

    Love from Pakistan to Britain

  • @callummason6589
    @callummason6589 4 года назад

    Greater isreal project?

  • @Imperfect_Workshop
    @Imperfect_Workshop 5 лет назад +3

    We should never have been in Iraq or Afghanistan the lads and lasses loss of life is blood on the government hands

    • @danielbb8570
      @danielbb8570 Год назад

      Caused by USA president who started the wars , Afghanistan uk only went when isis attack usa other countries

  • @scimatarpictures
    @scimatarpictures 5 лет назад

    8:23 are those Chinese uniforms?

    • @TheDeepState2001
      @TheDeepState2001 4 года назад +1

      no its an iraqi uniform because he is an iraqi soldier...

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 4 года назад

      Nz iraqi

    • @scimatarpictures
      @scimatarpictures 4 года назад

      Nz well clearly, but many countries import uniforms & camouflage patterns from other countries...
      If an Iraqi soldier is using a Russian AKM, it doesn’t make it an Iraqi rifle 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @TheDeepState2001
      @TheDeepState2001 4 года назад

      @@scimatarpictures well it does because they would own it.

    • @scimatarpictures
      @scimatarpictures 4 года назад

      Nz i’m clearly talking about its origin you fool

  • @LICKSTERxx
    @LICKSTERxx 5 лет назад +1

    Israel's bidding that's what they're doing there

  • @weirdscience8341
    @weirdscience8341 5 лет назад

    Shooting at bad guys I have heard

  • @medievalpenguin9315
    @medievalpenguin9315 5 лет назад

    They r so undiciplined

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 3 года назад

      When a country has had 40 years off defeat off war hope is lost

  • @fernandetogher1333
    @fernandetogher1333 3 года назад

    Looting

  • @-hazza-1291
    @-hazza-1291 5 лет назад

    Am i correct in saying that paras have gone back to Afghanistan?

  • @mohammadiq7651
    @mohammadiq7651 3 года назад

    Stop saying Saddam Hussein !!

  • @elcormoran1
    @elcormoran1 4 года назад +1

    Stealing iraks oils

  • @Safnahdotcom
    @Safnahdotcom 5 лет назад

    * Why don't you make tourist visa requirements & process more easier
    to Normal Iraqi citizens to visit UK United Kingdom ???

  • @TikiShootah
    @TikiShootah 5 лет назад

    Not a damn thing. /End

  • @freemanbill4851
    @freemanbill4851 5 лет назад

    robbing and killing

  • @paulparker8298
    @paulparker8298 5 лет назад +2

    Keeping the black gold flowing!!! Nothing new here

  • @psychomush
    @psychomush 5 лет назад

    They didnt have chemical weapons ffs

  • @arjunuk1
    @arjunuk1 5 лет назад

    Who are they really fighting, we keep quoting different groups even in the same sentence. that Obama Care for you

    • @fynnla.e
      @fynnla.e 4 года назад +2

      This is British military. Not American, what's Obama got to do with this?

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 4 года назад

      Thwack he’s an American he don’t know what he on about

    • @fynnla.e
      @fynnla.e 4 года назад +1

      fresh frozen But, but Obama bad? He do bad thing. Like start a war in 2001 when his presidency started in 2009.

  • @WithoutFameGames
    @WithoutFameGames 5 лет назад

    World wide wide knows what they doing and what they been doing forever...

  • @rach2475
    @rach2475 3 года назад

    Sacrificing their lives for oil

    • @TomTheGamer913
      @TomTheGamer913 3 года назад

      In other words fighting for world stability...

  • @julast6658
    @julast6658 4 года назад

    Did not make Chem weapons

  • @AlexProo1000
    @AlexProo1000 5 лет назад

    Oil

  • @rajatkubade3235
    @rajatkubade3235 5 лет назад +1

    Lol British army that feels outdated

    • @hiddenassassin3233
      @hiddenassassin3233 5 лет назад +2

      The British Armed Forces is still to this day the most highly trained armed forces in the world.

    • @James-dq7oi
      @James-dq7oi 5 лет назад +2

      How are they outdated in any way

  • @richardgoode5314
    @richardgoode5314 5 лет назад

    Training Iraq goverment force's.

  • @fishing4truth91
    @fishing4truth91 5 лет назад

    Protecting Britain's source of free oil - what else?

    • @RowNumbers
      @RowNumbers 5 лет назад +2

      Fighting off terrorists

  • @ethanroberts2032
    @ethanroberts2032 5 лет назад +1

    These Iraqi berets haha

  • @shuebkhan787
    @shuebkhan787 5 лет назад

    No chemical weapons were ever found