US Demands Answers From Iraq On Reported Illegal Arms Deal With Iran

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http://www.businessinsider.com/us-demands-answers-from-iraq-on-reported-illegal-arms-deal-with-iran-2014-2

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million, according to documents seen by Reuters - a move that would break a U.N. embargo on weapons sales by Tehran.

The agreement was reached at the end of November, the documents showed, just weeks after Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned from lobbying the Obama administration in Washington for extra weapons to fight al Qaeda-linked militants.

Some in Washington are nervous about providing sensitive U.S. military equipment to a country they worry is becoming too close to Iran. Several Iraqi lawmakers said Maliki had made the deal because he was fed up with delays in U.S. arms deliveries.

A spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister would not confirm or deny the sale, but said such a deal would be understandable given Iraq's current security troubles.



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[Scuba]

1. Iraq better behave or we'll invade!

[hobbit709]

2. I still want answers from the US on secret arms deals with Iran.

[leftyohiolib]

3. yea ollie what about them weapons