Iraq: Plans to buy French weaponsnote

Reports from Baghdad suggest that the team at the Iraqi Defence Ministry, which is in charge of procurement of French weapons, has already set a list of the weapons and equipment to buy from France. However, Hadi Al-Amiri, who heads the Iraqi Parliament’s security and defence committee, has remarks on the way how the team works. The following 206-word article published in the Tactical Weekly’s issue of November 21, 2008 talks about what on the list and about what Al-Amiri’s remarks are. Besides, the article also talks about Al-Amiri’s views on the issue.