US plans largest ever sale of Hellfire missiles to Iraq
Washington (AFP) July 29, 2014 -
The United States plans to sell 5,000 Hellfire missiles to Iraq in a $700 million deal, officials said Tuesday,
as Washington tries to help Baghdad retake ground captured by Sunni
militants.
The US government, which has been reluctant so far to take military
action in support of Baghdad, has rushed hundreds of the missiles to
Iraq to help the Shiite-led government counter jihadists, who have ...
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