A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga pictured in 2015 in Makhmur front, southwest of Erbil. Photo: Rudaw
Newsweek: US Military Set to Make $300 Million Deal to Arm Kurds Fighting ISIS in Iraq
The U.S. Department of State has approved a $295.6 million military contract with Iraq intended to supply local Kurds involved in the battle against the Islamic State group (ISIS).
The State Department told Congress Tuesday that the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency was authorized to sell the nearly $300 million worth of weapons. vehicles and other equipment to Kurdish peshmerga units, Reuters reported Wednesday. The sale cannot be concluded until it is approved by lawmakers. The move comes as Kurdish forces and Shiite Muslim militias, supported by Iran, are preparing a major offensive into the heart of ISIS territory.
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2 comments:
Seems like some SERIOUS $$$.
Iran, Iraq and Turkey will hate us for it, butthey hate us already.
So who give a flying ____?
I love the Turks.
The seem nice.
You introduce yourself.
Then since your name is biblically derived, they ask you if you are Jewish.
Such nice _______ people! :)
Later 90s and the Turks were military officers in eastern Europe.
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