Iraq: Interior Ministry, UAVs and border security equipmentnote

The Iraqi Interior Ministry is said to have begun contacts with Washington on plans to buy border security equipment and supplies as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to keep the Iraqi border with Syria under control. The following 368-word report sheds more light on these plans and tells what about the Iraqi efforts to get the required UAVs and equipment. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/12 – March 22, 2013)]