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Washington calls for "transparency" of the U.S. arms sales to Iraq
Saturday, February 18, 2012 12:58
Baghdad {: News} Euphrates U.S. embassy confirmed that U.S. arms sales to Iraq under the program in accordance with the Government of the United States Foreign Military Sales, which are fully transparent and accountable, unlike recently published news reports.
He said U.S. embassy statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it on Saturday that "the U.S. embassy in Baghdad categorically deny the report published by the Constitution on Tuesday that the transfer of (parliamentary source) as saying that the tanks that were purchased by the Iraqi army has not been delivered to the Iraqi authorities. "
"The sale of the tanks of the army are not exempt from transparency and are subject to accountability," asserting that "has been already delivered more than {90} per cent of these tanks, and that meal is the last of which already exist in Iraq and will be delivered soon."
He said the "Office of Security Cooperation with Iraq {OSC-I}, the office of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, will complete the extradition proceedings M1A1 Abrams tanks to Iraq within the next few weeks," explaining that "the Iraqi government has contracted with the United States the purchase of 140 tanks from the United States, all arrived in Iraq were handed over 131 of which are already to the Iraqi army and is now in his possession. "
The statement noted that "the tanks, the remaining nine are in Iraq but in the possession of the United States, waiting for the Office of Security Cooperation with Iraq and the arrival of some components of these tanks and then delivered them to be so complete the purchase contract with the Iraqi army in accordance with the standards of the United States government."
He noted that the "Office of Security Cooperation with Iraq will be immediately after the arrival of these components to hand over the remaining nine tanks to the Iraqi army during the coming weeks." Ended 2
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 12:58
Baghdad {: News} Euphrates U.S. embassy confirmed that U.S. arms sales to Iraq under the program in accordance with the Government of the United States Foreign Military Sales, which are fully transparent and accountable, unlike recently published news reports.
He said U.S. embassy statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it on Saturday that "the U.S. embassy in Baghdad categorically deny the report published by the Constitution on Tuesday that the transfer of (parliamentary source) as saying that the tanks that were purchased by the Iraqi army has not been delivered to the Iraqi authorities. "
"The sale of the tanks of the army are not exempt from transparency and are subject to accountability," asserting that "has been already delivered more than {90} per cent of these tanks, and that meal is the last of which already exist in Iraq and will be delivered soon."
He said the "Office of Security Cooperation with Iraq {OSC-I}, the office of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, will complete the extradition proceedings M1A1 Abrams tanks to Iraq within the next few weeks," explaining that "the Iraqi government has contracted with the United States the purchase of 140 tanks from the United States, all arrived in Iraq were handed over 131 of which are already to the Iraqi army and is now in his possession. "
The statement noted that "the tanks, the remaining nine are in Iraq but in the possession of the United States, waiting for the Office of Security Cooperation with Iraq and the arrival of some components of these tanks and then delivered them to be so complete the purchase contract with the Iraqi army in accordance with the standards of the United States government."
He noted that the "Office of Security Cooperation with Iraq will be immediately after the arrival of these components to hand over the remaining nine tanks to the Iraqi army during the coming weeks." Ended 2
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