Iraq: Reactivation of plans to get UAE Mirage 2000-9snote

Iraqi PM Haider Al-Abadi is said to have plans to talk to Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz about the Iraqi armament issues, including notably a Saudi opposition to an Emirati proposal to supply Iraq with 10 Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets. The following 501-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about Iraqi consultations over the Emirati proposal. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 22/13 – March 27, 2015)]