The Iraqi Armed Forces

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Iraqi army cleared Sleiman bak, 100+ ISIS terrorists killed and captured.

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Here's the one which our government suggests
It's said to be $3.1 million currently(2013)

My friend they're dumb enough to think about these choppers they went to france to spend 20 million per ec-635!!!.

 

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My friend they're dumb enough to think about these choppers they went to france to spend 20 million per ec-635!!!.

In that case why don't they just go for dhruv? Its price and performance are just alot reasonable than any other choppers on earth.

 

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WASHINGTON, Feb 25
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday a proposed agreement to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq should be reconsidered because of a report that Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million.

"The Apache sale has got to be on the table. We've got to discuss it," the Republican Arizona senator said when asked about the Reuters report on the sale. "We've got to understand the ramification of this arms deal. We have to look at it a little more carefully."

US Congress should reconsider Iraq helicopters after Iran report: McCain
By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday a proposed agreement to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq should be reconsidered because of a Reuters report that Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million.

"The Apache sale has got to be on the table. We've got to discuss it," the Republican Arizona senator said when asked about whether the arms sale would affect the plan to sell the Boeing Co. helicopters to Iraq.

"We've got to understand the ramifications of this arms deal. We have to look at it a little more carefully," he said.

Speaking to Reuters outside the U.S. Senate, McCain said he did not know whether any lawmakers as yet planned to stop the proposed sale. Under U.S. rules governing arms sales, lawmakers have until February 26 - 30 days after the deal was filed with Congress - to hold it up.

Reuters reported from Baghdad on Monday that 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.

Lawmakers and congressional aides said they found the report troubling, but were awaiting more information from President Barack Obama's administration before reacting.

They said Congress had not been informed of any such deal.

McCain, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees is a frequent critic of Obama's foreign policy decisions. He said the reported arms deal underscored his belief that the United States had withdrawn from Iraq too quickly.

"This is a result of our departure from Iraq," McCain said.

The documents obtained by Reuters showed the Iran-Iraq agreement was reached at the end of November, weeks after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned from lobbying Washington for more weapons to fight al Qaeda-linked militants.

A White House spokesman said the Obama administration had raised concerns about the reported Iran-Iraq arms deal "at the highest level" in Iraq. He said Baghdad denied any contracts were signed, and that Washington would follow up.

Many lawmakers are nervous about providing sensitive U.S. military equipment to Iraq, which they worry is becoming too close to Iran.

Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who is chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, had withheld support for plans to sell Iraq the 24 attack helicopters and lease up to another six because of concerns about how Maliki would use them.

The committee signed off on the lease and sale earlier this year after receiving assurances from the State Department.

A spokesman for Menendez said on Tuesday he had no further information about the Apache deal and no immediate reaction to the report of the Iran arms sale.

(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Bill Trott, Sandra Maler and Andrew Hay)

US Congress should reconsider Iraq helicopters after Iran report: McCain - Yahoo News

 

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Iraqi MOD and the Iraqi foreign Ministry have officially denied reports of weapons purchase from Iran.

The congress no longer has a say to stop the apache deal. Only the WH can stop the Apache deal, and the Obama administration are really pushing for the apache sale to go ahead.. so I really doubt these allegation will impede the apache acquisition.

However, if it does, it just means more Mi28NE Night Hunter purchases.

 

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U.S. begins training Iraqis on Apache helicopters after green light from Congress

WASHINGTON — The United States has been preparing for a major military training program for Iraq.
Officials said the U.S. military would train its Iraqi counterpart in the operation of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. They said the program would begin in early March 2014 in Iraq. “Things are moving rapidly for the first stage of the program,” an official said.
On Feb. 13, a senior military officer said the first stage of the U.S. program would train 16 Iraqis to fly the Apache. Maj. Gen. William Bender, deputy director of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq, told a briefing that the training project would include private contractors.
The administration of President Barack Obama has approved an Iraqi request for the export of 24 AH-64E Apaches in a deal worth $4.8 billion. In the first stage of the project, the Pentagon would lease six Apaches to the Iraqi military for training.
In the briefing, Bender said Apache prime contractor Boeing has not begun production of the Apaches for Iraq. He did not elaborate.
The Apaches, which were not blocked by Congress, marked the second biggest U.S. arms project in Iraq. Bender said the Baghdad government signed a 30-year contract with Lockheed Martin for the delivery of up to 36 F-16 Block 52 multi-role fighters.
U.S. begins training Iraqis on Apache helicopters after green light from Congress | World Tribune

 

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MI 35 firing rockets

 

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MI 35 firing rockets

They start using it great news.

 

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Baghdad arms exhibition

Attending, China, S Korea, Bulgaria and other states companies

The helicopter in the picture KAI KUH-1 Surion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia will very likely be bought for ISOF which is expanding from 10.000 to 30.000 forces, it’ll also replace bulky MI 17 for some assault forces.

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