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| U.S. poised to sell Iraq $2 billion in military equipment |
| 2013-07-27 |
| The Pentagon has informed the U.S. Congress of a possible sale of $2 billion worth of military equipment to Iraq, officials said Friday. Lawmakers, notified Thursday, have 30 days to raise any objections to the plan, which consists of three contracts. The first includes 12 Bell 412 EP helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support totaling an estimated $300 million. “This equipment will provide the Iraqi Air Force with a search and rescue capability critical to developing a mature Air Force,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, or DSCA, said in a statement. The second contract, worth an estimated $900 million, is for 50 M1135 Stryker Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles. The sale would provide the Iraqi army “with reliable capabilities for early warning of contamination by radiological, biological, and chemical material,” according to the DSCA. Worth some $750 million, the final contract is for five years of maintenance support for a series of vehicles, from simple jeeps to so-called Tactical Floating River Bridge Systems. “Helping Iraq maintain, sustain, and effectively utilize the equipment it has purchased or received from the United States over the past decade is a U.S. priority,” the DSCA said. As with all notifications of such plans, it underscored that the proposed sale would not “alter the basic military balance in the region.” |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 There are hundreds of acres of Saudi that are covered by American military equipment that just sits there and will never be used. Warehouse stacked to the ceiling with stuff also which will never be used. And the Iraqi Republican Guard in their distinctive Red Boots were to be seen in the refugee columns dressed up like women as the American Tanks drove by... Islam can pay us real cash for our stuff and then they can whisper to one another while they tip toe to the rear. Because that is what they will do. They will twinkle to the rear...unless they have something better to do like put their wife's head in a bag. Or blow up their cousin's house and rape his goat. |
| Posted by: Threater Flusoper9823 2013-07-27 07:22 |
| #4 50 M1135 Stryker Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles. Getting ready for the big time or an absolute waste of money? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-07-27 03:12 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: tipover 2013-07-27 01:59 |
| #2 I suspect there is any doubt at all. They know. |
| Posted by: tipover 2013-07-27 01:58 |
| #1 I bet there are plenty of people in US intelligence community who wonder how Iran gets access to US military tech. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-07-27 01:28 |