Did Iraq Do An Arms Deal With Iran?

Iran's ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Danaifar, denied there was any arms deal. Radio Free Europe

Iraqi Leaders Give Conflicting Answers On Reported Iran Arms Deal -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Iraqi officials gave contradictory accounts on Tuesday about whether or not Baghdad had agreed to buy $195 million worth of arms and ammunition from Iran as reported by Reuters, a deal that if confirmed could damage Iraqi-U.S. relations.

The Defence Ministry denied any such deal had been done, while a senior Iraqi government lawmaker who heads parliament's security and defence committee said Baghdad had bought "some light weapons and ammunition" from Tehran.

The United States has demanded explanations from Iraq since such a deal would violate U.S. and U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran over its disputed nuclear program. An influential U.S. senator said the sale of 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq should be reconsidered until the matter was cleared up.

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My Comment: The Iranians are saying that no deal was made .... Reuters is saying that there is a deal. Who is right .... my money is on Reuters. This should concern Iraq .... if Iraq did sign an arms agreement with Iran they would be in violation of UN sanctions .... and that will give the U.S. the excuse to not give Iraq the billions in arms that they sorely need.