Iraq: US advice to focus on the F-16 rather than on Miragenote

The Iraq Defence Ministry is said to have recently received US advice to focus on achieving a deal for F-16 aircraft deal rather than looking for acquiring fighter jets of type Mirage 2000-9 from the UAE. The following 364-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the Iraqi reaction. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/07 – Feb. 12, 2016]