United States plans to sell Iraq 5 thousand missiles type Hellfire to fight terrorism
United States plans to sell Iraq 5 thousand missiles type Hellfire to fight terrorism
07/30/2014 13:12
Follow-up – and babysit – U.S. officials announced that the United States, Iraq plans to sell five thousand missiles of the type (Hellfire), and designed to help Baghdad in its war against terrorism.
The officials said, “This transaction is the largest in the sale of Hellfire missiles worth 700 million dollars,” noting that “the U.S. State Department agreed to the deal and will be forwarded to Congress for approval by the turn.”
The agency said the U.S. cooperation in the field of defense and security, “These five thousand rockets, anti-tank designed to support the Iraqi security forces in current operations,” indicating that “Iraqi forces fired rockets from the Cessna aircraft.”
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According to a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) Marine Col. John Kirby, “the United States handed over Iraq in July 466 Hellfire missiles and 780 rockets of this type since the beginning of the year.”
The deal comes just days after visiting commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. Lloyd Austin Iraq on 24 July of this, which expressed through its deep concern very situation in the country, “adding that” in the absence of the political movement means that any support you may consider introducing the Government of the United States will have limited results in the short term only. ”
The Iraqi Defense Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi, the agency has announced the first Monday that Moscow, which has had a few days ago and had promised to supply the Iraqi army with weapons soon and needs of arms of the Russian army stocks.
And engaged in Iraq for months, fighting against the terrorist gangs Daash to try to restore the cities that they controlled since last June 10 in Mosul, Salahuddin and accepted in Anbar. Q, Q
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