Iraq: Maliki, Nexter and armament cooperation with Francenote

The Iraqi Defence Ministry is said to have intention to buy wheeled armored vehicles from Nexter of France. The following 441-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about armament cooperation between Iraq and France and what about the about the French conditions. It also tells what about the contacts between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in this regard. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/19 – May 10, 2013)]