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The US Defense Department said Tuesday that the Pentagon told Congress Monday in preliminary drafts of two arms with Iraq include aerial defenses systems in particular the value of more than $ 2.7 billion.
And before Congress 30 days to veto or approve the draft two decades raise in less than two weeks to about 5 billion dollars the total value of the arms contracts that Iraq plans to conclude with the United States.
The first project deals with a value of $ 2.4 billion, particularly 681 missile anti-aircraft Stinger-type short-range and 40 launcher on the vehicle and Hawk missile batteries with a range of up to 50 kilometres (30 miles) and 216 rocket hook.
Agency cooperation on defence and security in charge of arms sales abroad, said in a statement that the airline will allow systems to Iraq "to contribute to the regional air defense and reducing the possibility of air strikes."
The weakness of the Iraqi authorities to control the airspace of the country of the reasons invoked by the Pentagon to keep troops in the country after 2011, but the project was aborted due to opposition from Baghdad to grant judicial immunity to us soldiers.
The second contract, valued at $ 339 million on the sale of a mobile wireless system 19 and 10 wireless systems electromagnetic wave.
And on July 25, said cooperation on defence and security in charge of arms sales abroad of three draft contracts with Baghdad with a total value estimated at $ 2 billion, and provide Iraq with 12 transport helicopter Bell 412 which 50 armored Stryker-equipped for war, nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons. Iraq also submitted an order for 36 f-16 fighter jet in late 2011.
In October 2012 asked Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq the United States speed up deliveries of weapons to Iraqi forces. Baghdad was just signed with Moscow arms contracts worth more than $ 4.2 billion, but it was cancelled because of suspicions of corruption.
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And before Congress 30 days to veto or approve the draft two decades raise in less than two weeks to about 5 billion dollars the total value of the arms contracts that Iraq plans to conclude with the United States.
The first project deals with a value of $ 2.4 billion, particularly 681 missile anti-aircraft Stinger-type short-range and 40 launcher on the vehicle and Hawk missile batteries with a range of up to 50 kilometres (30 miles) and 216 rocket hook.
Agency cooperation on defence and security in charge of arms sales abroad, said in a statement that the airline will allow systems to Iraq "to contribute to the regional air defense and reducing the possibility of air strikes."
The weakness of the Iraqi authorities to control the airspace of the country of the reasons invoked by the Pentagon to keep troops in the country after 2011, but the project was aborted due to opposition from Baghdad to grant judicial immunity to us soldiers.
The second contract, valued at $ 339 million on the sale of a mobile wireless system 19 and 10 wireless systems electromagnetic wave.
And on July 25, said cooperation on defence and security in charge of arms sales abroad of three draft contracts with Baghdad with a total value estimated at $ 2 billion, and provide Iraq with 12 transport helicopter Bell 412 which 50 armored Stryker-equipped for war, nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons. Iraq also submitted an order for 36 f-16 fighter jet in late 2011.
In October 2012 asked Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq the United States speed up deliveries of weapons to Iraqi forces. Baghdad was just signed with Moscow arms contracts worth more than $ 4.2 billion, but it was cancelled because of suspicions of corruption.
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