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Iraq’s PM Orders Changes in Senior Military Ranks
2013-05-24 Read More...
An Iraqi government spokesman says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered changes in senior ranks of the military in the wake of bloody attacks that have killed dozens of people in the past few

U.N.: “April Deadliest Month for Iraq since June 2008”
2013-05-03 Read More...
April was the deadliest month for Iraq in nearly 5 years, with more than 700 people killed in violence, the United Nations said on

Iraqi Air Force to Receive Final 3 C-130J Airlifters
2013-04-30 Read More...
The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) is set to receive its final three Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifters.

The US War in Iraq Has Cost over $2 Trillion
2013-03-19 Read More...
The US war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released last week

Iraq Accuses Ukraine of Delivering Low-Quality APCs
2013-03-06 Read More...
A senior Iraqi lawmaker accused Ukraine of delivering low-quality Armored Personnel Carriers and breaching the delivery terms of a contract signed in

Zebari: “Iraq to Get Russian Weapons by Summer”
2013-03-05 Read More...
Russia will deliver attack helicopters and air-defense systems to Iraq before the summer, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on

L-3 to Build Iraq F-16 Block 52 Full Mission Trainers
2013-03-01 Read More...
L-3 Communications recently announced that its Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) division has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force

Zebari: “Iraq-Russia Intend to Fulfill $4 Billion Arms Deal”
2013-02-25 Read More...
Moscow and Baghdad are going ahead with a more than $4 billion deal that would make Russia Iraq's second largest arms supplier, Iraq's Foreign Minister said on Friday, contradicting reports the contract was scrapped over possible

3 Bell 407 Scout Helicopters Delivered to Iraq
2013-01-16 Read More...
The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command with U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and Program Executive Office Aviation facilitated and delivered 3 Bell 407 Scout helicopters to Iraqi Army

Iraq Requests VSAT Equipments & Services
2012-12-28 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress December 21 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Iraq for Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) operations and maintenance services and associated equipment, parts,

Iraq Takes Delivery of C-130J Super Hercules
2012-12-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered a C-130J Super Hercules to the Iraqi Air Force at formal ceremonies in Marietta, Georgia on 12 December

Iraq’s Kurdistan President Inspects Peshmerga Forces
2012-12-13 Read More...
Massud Barzani, the President of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, inspected Kurdish Peshmerga Security Forces in the disputed north Iraq province of Kirkuk earlier this week, a Kurdish General

Iraq Will Renegotiate $4.2 Billion Arms Deal with Russia
2012-11-14 Read More...
Iraq will renegotiate the $4.2- billion arms deal which it initially agreed upon with Russia as allegations of bribe being paid for it have emerged, Xinhua

Iraq Cancels $4.2bn Arms Deal with Russia
2012-11-12 Read More...
Iraq has cancelled $4.2 billion arms deal with Russia over suspected corruption, but plans to renegotiate the agreements to help equip its Armed Forces, a spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on

Iraq Presses U.S. for Quicker Delivery of 18 F-16s
2012-10-22 Read More...
Iraq called for the US to speed up its weapons deliveries as the two countries near a deal on a second set of 18 F-16s, days after Baghdad signed $4.2 billion in arms deals with

Iraq to Acquire 28 Czech Combat Jets for $1bn
2012-10-15 Read More...
Iraq has agreed to buy 28 combat planes from the Czech Republic for about $1 billion as part of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's program to rebuild the country's Air Force and control its vulnerable

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