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Need to update military figures

Compare "The Iraqi Navy is a small force with 1,500 sailors and officers, including 800 Marines, designed to protect shoreline and inland waterways from insurgent infiltration. The navy is also responsible for the security of offshore oil platforms. The navy will have coastal patrol squadrons, assault boat squadrons and a marine battalion.[96] The force will consist of 2,000 to 2,500 sailors by year 2010.[98]" to "As of February 2011, the navy has approximately 5000 sailors and marines which form an Operational headquarters, 5 afloat squadrons, and two marine battalions.[1]" I see no value to having a prediction from 2007 over far more recent and accurate actual recent figures.

Amerli Turkmen

Islamic State of Iraq Damascus Turkmen resist terrorism won the battle Amerli

Amerli Turkmen

Iraqi forces 'reach besieged Amerli' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.178.59.152 (talk) 19:52, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Siege of Amirli

Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2014

Under the Demographic section where it shows the populate of cities. The top city shows a population and after " im afraid of bananas". Has anyone not noticed this? 24.111.7.194 (talk) 14:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done It was vandalism at Template:Largest cities of Iraq, which I've reverted. Cheers, NiciVampireHeart 15:56, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 November 2014

Dear Wikipeda,

My concern is regarding the following section: "In the 26th century BC, Eannatum of Lagash created what was perhaps the first Empire in history, though this was short lived. Later, Lugal-Zage-Si, the priest-king of Umma, overthrew the primacy of the Lagash dynasty in the area, then conquered Uruk, making it his capital, and claimed an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.[21] It was during this period that the Epic of Gilgamesh originates, which includes the tale of The Great Flood"

The last sentence is not entirely true. The reason for this is that the story of The Great Flood (or Atrahasis as it is called in Akkadian) was not incorporated into the Epic of Gilgamesh before the Old Babylonian Period (roughly 2000-1500) (see e.g., Andrew George, 2003: "Epic of Gilgamesh, vol. 1". Pp. 22-23). Actually, before this period the Epic was not even a single narrative, but consisted of various incoherent stories about the legendary king. Therefore, I suggest the following:

"In the 26th century BC, Eannatum of Lagash created what was perhaps the first Empire in history, though this was short lived. Later, Lugal-Zage-Si, the priest-king of Umma, overthrew the primacy of the Lagash dynasty in the area, then conquered Uruk, making it his capital, and claimed an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.[21] It was during this period that the first Sumerian tales of Gilgamesh emerged in cuneiform." [Footnote to Andrew George, 2003: "The Epic of Gilgamesh, vol. 1". P. 6] Hardeknud (talk) 09:44, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. I don't necessarily object to this change, but it seems like it is something that some readers and other editors may object to. I'm sure that any editor with the ability to make this change would rather see at least some discussion supporting this change. Thank you. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 13:39, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Iraqi Turkmens population % 9

The Iraqi Turkmen are the third largest ethnic group in Iraq.[2][3] According to the 1957 Iraqi census, which is considered to be the last reliable census in Iraq, there was 567,000 Turks out of a total population of 6.3 million, forming 9% of the total Iraqi population.[4][5][6][7] However, due to the undemocratic environment, their number has always been underestimated and has long been a point of controversy. For example, in the 1957 census, the Iraqi government first claimed that there was 136,800 Turks in Iraq. However, the revised figure of 567,000 was issued after the 1958 revolution when the Iraqi government admitted that the Iraqi Turkmens population was actually more than 400% from the previous year's total.[8] Subsequent censuses, in 1967, 1977, 1987 and 1997, are all considered highly unreliable, due to suspicions of regime manipulation.[9] The 1997 census states that there was 600,000 Iraqi Turkmen[10] out of a total population of 22,017,983,[11] forming 2.72% of the total Iraqi population; however, this census only allowed its citizens to indicate belonging to one of two ethnicities, Arab or Kurd, this meant that many Iraqi Turkmens identified themselves as Arabs (the Kurds not being a desirable ethnic group in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq), thereby skewing the true number of Iraqi Turkmen.[9]

The Turkmen of Iraq [1],Iraqi Turkmens flee ISIL in Mosul's Telafer district,[2]

  1. ^ "Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq – February 2006 Report to Congress," (PDF). 17 February 2006. p. 45. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  2. ^ Al-Hurmezi, Ahmed (9 December 2010), The Human Rights Situation of the Turkmen Community in Iraq, Middle East Online, retrieved 2011-10-31
  3. ^ Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. "Iraqi Turkmen: The Human Rights Situation and Crisis in Kerkuk" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Knights 2004 loc=262 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Güçlü 2007, 79.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Betts 2013 loc=86 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Anderson & Stansfield 2011 loc=58 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Taylor 2004 loc=28 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference International Crisis Group 2008 loc=16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Phillips 2006 loc=112 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Graham-Brown 1999, 161.
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