Iraq: Abadi, Kerry and Mirage 2000note

Iraqi PM Haider Al-Abadi is said to have talked to US Secretary of State John Kerry when he visited Baghdad earlier this month about his efforts to buy fighter jets of type Mirage 2000 for the Iraqi Air Force (IAF). The following 362-word report sheds light on the talks between Al-Abadi and Kerry on the subject and tells what about the outcome. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/17 – April 22, 2016]