Iraq Carries out New Plan to Defend Baghdad

The Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad’s defenses on Friday to protect it from any possible attack and intensified the deployment of the security forces across the city.

The interior ministry said security forces had adopted a new security plan for the capital to protect it from any militant attack.

“The plan consists of intensifying the deployment of forces, and increasing intelligence efforts and the use of technology such as (observation) balloons and cameras and other equipment,” ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan told AFP.

“We have been in a war with terrorism for a while, and today the situation is exceptional.”

Regarding the Battlefield developments, the Iraqi army frustrated a terrorist attack carried out by ISIL militants against one of its military bases in Tikrit, and its warplanes bombarded a terrorist gathering in the city.

Al Manar