Iraq to buy $26 billion worth of armaments from United States

[Coder]

Iraq will buy armaments worth $13 billion from the United States by 2013 and will spend another $13 bn on weapons later, a Baghdad newspaper reported citing an Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman.

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[JBH22]

Iraq war reaping its fruits first petrol now Uncle Sam has a puppet state that will buy its hardware.

 

[Welcome]

$26 bn is really a bailout money for America.Actually it's time to recover money, At least they spent lot of money in war.

 

[ganesh177]

Wow, world is crazy. Hardly been a decade iraq got assaulted by US, and now they are purchasing weapons from US for security.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

What will the Irania reaction be?? USA has tightened sanctions on Iran. IPI cancelled and Russians prevented from selling weapons to Iran even defensive ones like s-300.

 

[Oracle]

That's OIL for you. Also, a strategic move by US to keep it's foothold near Iran's borders. US with it's 11 CBGs does not even need this in any case. But Shia Iran and Sunni Iraq have always been at war, cold though most of the times.