Iraq: Maliki, new demand for Predator-B UAVnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to have presented a new demand to the Pentagon to obtain Predator-B unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to use them in military operations in western Iraq. The following 392-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the US-Iraqi contacts and what about the US reaction.[Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/22 – May 30, 2014)]