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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
US sending Iraq 1,000 anti-tank missile systems
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United States is sending Iraq 1,000 anti-tank missile systems to help fight suicide car bombings, which played a “devastating” role in the capture of Ramadi by Islamic militants, a top US official says.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi asked the US administration for weapons systems to help counter car bombings during a recent visit. “We made the decision immediately while he was here to get 1,000 AT4 anti-tank systems to Iraqi security forces and those are going to be arriving fairly soon,” a senior State Department official tells reporters.
— AFP
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