The United States recognizes Iraq meal of important weapons"

The United States recognizes Iraq  meal of important weapons"



10:12:16 / 03/2014



Khandan - The American Embassy to Iraq, "The United States continues to accelerate the delivery of Iraq's weapons and ammunition under the Strategic Framework Agreement and the security partnership long-term relationship between the two countries." the U.S. embassy said in a statement obtained by "Khandan" a copy of which, "The delivery of these weapons comes in response to specific requests by Iraq and consistent with the overall policy for combating terrorism, which included taking measures political, economic and security associated with it. " the statement noted that "it is necessary for the level of security that is equipped Iraqi security forces with modern weapons effective to be able to address the serious threats posed by Now the state of Islam in Iraq and the Levant (Daash) for Iraq and the region. "



The U.S. embassy, ​​said that "the United States is determined to provide assistance to the Iraqi security forces to deal with such threats and to protect the population in coordination with local leaders and tribal leaders." The statement said that "the United States has The earlier this month to hand over about a hundred missiles "Hellfire Hellfire" with hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and rifles "M 4 M4". has been handed this meal of weapons after an assessment of an important common to the needs of Iraq of weapons conducted by security experts from Iraq and the United States, where she represented this meal last link in the food chain of the important weapons that have been delivered to Iraq. " the statement noted that "since mid-January, was handed over Iraqi security forces more than a eleven million rounds of ammunition, thousands of guns machine guns and sniper rifles and assault rifles, "M-16 S, and M 4M4 M16s" and thousands of rounds of exploratory "Flares", grenades and other weapons. "



This is It "is scheduled to be in the coming weeks, delivered meals additional weapons, according to the Foreign Military Sales Program of America with to mind the procedures of transparency and credibility that accompany the delivery process, "according to the statement. statement noted that "the United States looks forward to working closely with Iraqi leaders and military commanders in order to identify and meet the essential needs of the additional equipment other in the coming weeks." embassy confirmed that "the United States will also continue to encourage all Iraqi leaders to work together for the implementation of the overall strategy to combat terrorism in Anbar province, effectively and in accordance with the program of the Council of Ministers issued on February 18, with an emphasis on the need to mobilize the local population against Daash and other extremist groups. "


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