Iraq: Defence Ministry, plans to buy tracked vehiclesnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to be going ahead with an urgent and expedited project to buy military combat vehicles and make up for the loss of the vehicles which were seized by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), widely known as “Daesh”, when it invaded Mosul last week. The following 411-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how many vehicles the Ministry intends to buy and what about the options.