Iraq: Maliki, Sadr and the Mirage 2000-9note

Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr is said to have no opposition to buy buy French-made fighter jets for the Iraqi Air Force (IAF), notably the Mirage 2000-9. The following 341-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about Al-Sadr’s position. It also tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and the US embassy in Baghdad.