Iraq: Maliki, Counter-Terrorism Force, Stryker and alternativesnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to be going ahead with a project to buy 8x8 wheeled vehicles for a new mechanized brigade of the Iraqi National Counter-Terrorism Force (INCTF). The following 378-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the contacts with the Americans on the Stryker vehicle and what about the alternatives.