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Congress approves defense budget allocates 1.6 billion dollars for equipment and training Iraqi forces
Friday, 05 December / 1 December 2014
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Approved by the US House of Representatives, on Thursday, to the defense budget, which is estimated at $ 585 billion law, which recognizes the expanding campaign against al Daash in Syria and Iraq.
And the voice of the majority of the US House of Representatives, with the approval of 300 votes, compared to 119 to reject the bill, which is expected to be submitted to the Senate for a vote in the coming days.
Under the harmonic formula that has been reached in the bill to allocate 521.3 billion dollars to spend on national defense in addition to the $ 63.7 billion foreign military operations, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
This budget allocates an amount as much as $ 5 billion for the air operations launched by the US military against al Daash, as well as $ 1.6 billion for Iraq aid equipment and training, and proposed a draft law send 1,500 additional US troops to Iraq.
And send the bill to the Senate, to be discussed next week, and then vote on it.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry said on the sidelines of the NATO meeting in Brussels last Wednesday that "the cost of the war on Daash in Iraq and Syria, amounting to $ 8 million per day," pointing out that "the implementation of the International Alliance of about 1000 raid on the terrorists."
It is said that Iraq announced earlier refusal to pay any amounts the international coalition against the air raids against Daash sites.
He said Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, hosted a session of parliament in the 16 last October, that "Iraq will not pay any amount the international coalition in the bombing Daash," adding that "the cost of military operations will be the responsibility of participating in the air campaign nations because Iraq is not ready to pay any expenses ".anthy
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Friday, 05 December / 1 December 2014
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Approved by the US House of Representatives, on Thursday, to the defense budget, which is estimated at $ 585 billion law, which recognizes the expanding campaign against al Daash in Syria and Iraq.
And the voice of the majority of the US House of Representatives, with the approval of 300 votes, compared to 119 to reject the bill, which is expected to be submitted to the Senate for a vote in the coming days.
Under the harmonic formula that has been reached in the bill to allocate 521.3 billion dollars to spend on national defense in addition to the $ 63.7 billion foreign military operations, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
This budget allocates an amount as much as $ 5 billion for the air operations launched by the US military against al Daash, as well as $ 1.6 billion for Iraq aid equipment and training, and proposed a draft law send 1,500 additional US troops to Iraq.
And send the bill to the Senate, to be discussed next week, and then vote on it.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry said on the sidelines of the NATO meeting in Brussels last Wednesday that "the cost of the war on Daash in Iraq and Syria, amounting to $ 8 million per day," pointing out that "the implementation of the International Alliance of about 1000 raid on the terrorists."
It is said that Iraq announced earlier refusal to pay any amounts the international coalition against the air raids against Daash sites.
He said Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, hosted a session of parliament in the 16 last October, that "Iraq will not pay any amount the international coalition in the bombing Daash," adding that "the cost of military operations will be the responsibility of participating in the air campaign nations because Iraq is not ready to pay any expenses ".anthy
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