Follow-up - Iraq Press - November 21: confirmed US report, Friday, that the Congress is planning to re-evaluate the weapon entered into previously with Iraq deals, noting that those needs withheld approval of her for several months because of concern lawmakers used by former Prime Minister Nuri Maliki against political opponents or to have occurred, however, the organization "Daash" who seized a large number of equipment during this past summer after the occupation of Mosul.
He said a report by the "Foreign Policy" magazine, the US, that "the time has come to reconsider the needs of Iraq of weapons with the new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who has promised to form a more government inclusive of the Kurds and the Sunnis," noting that "those needs withheld approval of her for several months because of concern of lawmakers used by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against his political opponents or the fact, however, the terrorist organization Daash who seized a large number of equipment during this past summer after the occupation of Mosul. "
The report added that "the list of new weapons include 175 Abrams tank and 146 rocket-propelled vehicle, anti-tank aircraft Strikers and 50 vehicles to the poll and the prevention of nuclear and chemical weapons and biological, as well as a number of Bradley fighting vehicles," asserting that "the supply of new weapons and maintenance has become an urgent priority for the administration of President Obama. "
The report pointed out that "nearly 24 Brigade out of 50 of the Iraqi army disintegrated because of the brutal war that led organization" Daash ", adding that" the United States has begun to support the Iraqi forces after the withdrawal from Iraq in 2011, and committed to since last year selling Iraq weapons $ 10 billion F-16 aircraft and systems include anti-aircraft and attack boats. "
He pointed out that "the Obama administration scrambled to sell Iraq thousands of Hellfire missiles, while the US Congress informed about its plans to sell $ 1.2 billion worth of tanks, ammunition, spare parts and maintenance services for Iraq."
The United States of America, last Tuesday, ratifying a deal on the sale of military equipment to Iraq under the Foreign Military Sales program worth 600 million US dollars. Q ended. P.
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