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Iraq allocates $ 260 billion for arms and development of oil fields
3.17.2013 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add Comment - News Views: 12 -
BAGHDAD - «life» Sunday, March 17, 2013 Iraq confirmed his need to invest $ 130 billion in the oil sector to be able to raise its production to 9 million barrels a day within five years. With drawer Iraq to allocate about 20 percent of Moisnath for weapons purposes and security measures during the past years, the Department of Defense estimates need to 100 billion dollars to complete the processing of the army and about 30 billion other training. devoted Iraq $ 16.5 billion from the budget this year by about $ 118 billion dollars for military purposes, and security, but cover security efforts beyond these figures. majoring Iraqi ministries different parts of their budgets for security purposes, while specialty provincial budgets other for this purpose. Sources confirm Iraqi government that after deducting salaries, equipment and transportation costs and facilities, the amounts remaining from the budget does not clog eighth weapons in a country destroyed its potential military or looted the whole of 2003. estimated leaders Military need weapons over the $ 100 billion over the coming years to complete the construction of the Air Force and missile systems, surveillance and buy tanks, warships and radar systems and armored personnel carriers and weapons medium and light and ammunition. organized Baghdad days before an exhibition with the participation of 54 companies from 13 countries, mostly provided weapons to U.S. forces and allied with them in the war in 2003. government has sought in the past two years to open up to the arms markets across the world, after it was concluded deals aircraft «F-16« and tanks «Brahms» U.S., but did not Tcetktmlha so far. Despite differences with Turkey, Ankara confirms that Iraq tops the list of countries importing weapons, mostly military equipment and ammunition and light weapons up to and a half billion dollars a year. The economic releases on markets weapons Iraq among the world's most import, it also target model and a permanent arms companies in the coming years. was a member of the security and defense committee parliamentary Hassan Sinead, who is close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, earlier called for the adoption of a special fund for arms outside the budget, stressing that Iraq is still in need of exchange of billions of dollars to build its military capabilities and security. but committee member appearance Janabi told «life» that «Iraq allocated between 15 and 17 billion dollars a year for weapons purposes over the past six years. However, the army commanders assert the need for major deals to secure defensive weapons, what validates suspicions exposure arms deals operations major corruption ». explained Janabi said «deals and Russian aircraft Ukrainian was corrupt, while not seen on deals American accurately, because of the uncertainty is trying to government that is surrounded by the pretext of having no minister of defense ». no different opinion member of the security and defense committee opinion deputy «Kurdistan Alliance» Chuan Mohamed Taha, who told «life» that «the amounts allocated to arms is not discharged properly, reflected negatively on efficient security services ». and pointed out that «administrative and financial corruption of the most prominent factors weakness of the military and security in the country, and the ministries of interior and defense of the most ministries corrupt. constitutes oil production nerve budget in Iraq, which seeks, on what he said Oil Minister Abdul Karim and coffee, to raise its exports to 9 million barrels a day after reaching the end of last month, 2.5 million barrels. but Laibi stressed during a press conference yesterday that the achievement of this goal requires the exchange of $ 130 billion over five years to develop the sector, the equivalent of $ 26 billion annually.
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