Iraq Air Force, F-16 and Mirage 2000-9 – Update 1note

Former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi, who heads the Iraqiya List, is said to be seeking to postpone any plans by the Iraqi government to buy US-made fighter jets of type F-16 or French-made fighter jets of type Mirage 2000-9 or Mirage F1. The following 287-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what Allawi is proposing instead.