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will advance and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari during his planned visit Thursday to Washington, the request to the U.S. government for the purchase of aircraft Apache in order to employ them in the fight against terrorism in the country.
will be asked Zebari from the U.S. government at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, to persuade Congress to approve Iraq to sell helicopters of the type of production any -64, which is characterized as Apache combat helicopters advanced.
According to the newspaper "The Daily Beast" that the American government has told Congress during the past few weeks, Iraq's intention to sell military equipment in the amount of $ 4.7 billion, but this equipment does not include Apache helicopters.
comes the announcement of the intention of Iraq to buy aircraft Apache in parallel with the announcement of the bilateral talks conducted by the two parties on how the United States can help through Iraq to develop its capabilities in the fight against terrorism in the wake of the attack on the Abu Ghraib prison.
quoted More Iraqi official as saying that both Faleh al-Fayad's national security adviser and Tarek Najm, political advisor to the Prime Minister, each headed the Iraqi delegation, while the delegation is headed by the United States by Ambassador Robert Beecroft and Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Brett Mac Gork.
The paper said that Iraq's ambassador to the new United States Luqman Feily has been busy in recent weeks in preparation for the deal. He was quoted as saying in a statement singled out by the newspaper that the United States and Iraq stand on the same side in the fight against extremists and therefore should Washington accept a deal weapons requested by Iraq.
said Feily that Baghdad and Washington both had the same goals and the design itself to fight terrorism and defeat it. In order to achieve these strategic imperatives, must be on the Iraqi military forces that have the capacity to secure the country's borders and airspace protection [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
will advance and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari during his planned visit Thursday to Washington, the request to the U.S. government for the purchase of aircraft Apache in order to employ them in the fight against terrorism in the country.
will be asked Zebari from the U.S. government at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, to persuade Congress to approve Iraq to sell helicopters of the type of production any -64, which is characterized as Apache combat helicopters advanced.
According to the newspaper "The Daily Beast" that the American government has told Congress during the past few weeks, Iraq's intention to sell military equipment in the amount of $ 4.7 billion, but this equipment does not include Apache helicopters.
comes the announcement of the intention of Iraq to buy aircraft Apache in parallel with the announcement of the bilateral talks conducted by the two parties on how the United States can help through Iraq to develop its capabilities in the fight against terrorism in the wake of the attack on the Abu Ghraib prison.
quoted More Iraqi official as saying that both Faleh al-Fayad's national security adviser and Tarek Najm, political advisor to the Prime Minister, each headed the Iraqi delegation, while the delegation is headed by the United States by Ambassador Robert Beecroft and Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Brett Mac Gork.
The paper said that Iraq's ambassador to the new United States Luqman Feily has been busy in recent weeks in preparation for the deal. He was quoted as saying in a statement singled out by the newspaper that the United States and Iraq stand on the same side in the fight against extremists and therefore should Washington accept a deal weapons requested by Iraq.
said Feily that Baghdad and Washington both had the same goals and the design itself to fight terrorism and defeat it. In order to achieve these strategic imperatives, must be on the Iraqi military forces that have the capacity to secure the country's borders and airspace protection [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
