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U.S. troops preparing Iraqi military air defense system integrated
01/09/2011
Amid claims to respond to shut down Iraqi airspace
BAGHDAD -***** Al Sabah
called on the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr***** to respond to the closure of American airspace of Iraq *****and sent 600 troops to the country to secure the withdrawal of their forces,***** the U.S. military announced that next year will equip the Iraqi military system of air defense integrated.*****
Mr. Sadr in response to a question from a number of his supporters***** on the closure of U.S. forces Iraqi airspace and send 600 U.S. troops to Iraq to secure the withdrawal: *****"The occupier is controlled and which will remain in control *****as it weighs heavily on our sacred land,"***** warning of the "repetition of the tragedy and violation***** and abuse us again and again in the event not deter these two acts. " *****
and called for Mr. Sadr, according to the statement reported by news agencies, *****"the resistance to respond to it, *****including fitting out and its people," *****calling the House of Representatives and the government to *****"work on the non-recurrence of such acts." *****
He said Mr. Sadr to send 600 U.S. troops to secure the withdrawal "Down prestige of Iraq," but he also said: "If for withdrawal Filipqgua out and enter the Iraqi border."
The U.S. military ordered the closure of Iraqi airspace and prevent the movement of aircraft in all airports in the country as of Tuesday, until further notice without For unknown reasons, while the re-Iraqi government opening of the Baghdad International Airport after more than an hour to close, while attributed the authority of the Iraqi Civil Aviation reason to feel the presence of potential danger, indicating that the competent authorities have taken precautionary measures to prevent it, and pointed out that the Iraqi government did not receive the skies full use of American troops.
In the meantime, said U.S. military spokesman Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan: "The Iraqi government is interested in obtaining an integrated system of air defense, such as radars and control centers and control," noting that "will be processed in the next year and include air defense jets and systems platform for launching missiles. "
said Buchanan was quoted by the agency Alsumaria News, that "there is a tendency to update the aircraft C130 and its fleet of aircraft available at the Iraqi air force," adding that "those forces will get the six planes of the latest model of this type is G Juliet in the coming period. "
The Buchanan that his country's forces "will supply the Iraqi army with 120 guns ballistic Hauser is the same used by the U.S. Army and where the telescope to the following and will work with tanks," he said, adding that "the U.S. military equipped the Iraqi army in the first phase more than 30 of those guns. "
The U.S. military said last month his quest to create a security system, sophisticated air of Iraq respond to any external threats facing this country, as pointed to the need for the approval of the Iraqi government to achieve this system, since its creation and training needs for a long time.
already that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in the 30 of July, about double the value of the contract for the purchase of aircraft fighter F16, indicating that the value of the contract will double to buy 36 aircraft instead of 18 aircraft, also pointed out that the value of the purchase of these aircraft will be financed from the surplus of imports of Iraqi oil after the high world prices.
and postponed the Iraqi government on 14 February last, a purchase of aircraft, F16 and referral of the amount allocated to it to support the ration card, while the committee said in parliament that the assignment of $ 900 million was allocated for the purchase of aircraft in support of the ration card, came because of the budget deficit.
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