11:41:28 / 09/2011
Khandan - ruled out the Iraqi security source that the resort and Washington to give Baghdad sophisticated weapons such as those used by U.S. forces, pointing out that "America will deliberately not to give Iraq back advanced F-16", as he emphasized Parliament in Security and Defense Committee, said the planes expected requirement of the be a fighter, but to control Iraqi airspace from violations, the "hostile", as well as benefit from them for commercial purposes.
A security source said earlier that "the expectations of most security officials reckon equip the Iraqi army and its air force planes, is a modern, specifically those that carry the specifications of the first generations of these types of aircraft. "
The source, who asked "the world" on Tuesday on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the subject, that "the purchase of aircraft is still under study, and in particular they require a number of approvals by the Board of Deputies, the Ministry of Finance, on the grounds that eighths of them should be included within the budget of 2012. "
It was Ali al-Moussawi, media advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said in a statement to the Agency (AFP) yesterday, said that "This agreement, which was to pay some exaggeration, is in principle to buy 18 aircraft as a first stage," explaining "Iraq seeks to buy 36 fighter."
He did not give Moussaoui details of the agreement or the date of delivery, not the amounts that have been delivered, but the newspaper (Wall Street Journal), reported that Baghdad had paid one billion and a half billion dollars to buy about 18 aircraft of the model mentioned, according to officials in Washington.
The security source that the "former Defense Minister Abdul-Qader al-Obeidi, is one of the led the negotiations of the deal in the United States about a month ago, as the Prime Minister's Advisor for Military Affairs."
recognized the source, "with skepticism great intentions in Iraq, prevent the receipt of sophisticated weapons, "and expressed his belief that" no one trusts in Iraq, including the United States, which will seek to equip planes different uninterrupted from those possessed by some countries, particularly Egypt and the Gulf States. "
The source expected that the "receive Iraq between 4 - 6 aircraft end of the year as a down payment first, especially before the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, to be completed processing the remainder of the number of year-end 2016. "
and the length of the processing period, it was considered the source, "the task of delivery of the aircraft and associated training is not easy, especially that the period of training such as this model takes about 3 years, "noting that" due to Iraq has 72 aircraft by the year 2020. "
leaks and talked about America's refusal to hand Iraq over this type of aircraft, the source said that "there is a strategic alliance between Iraq and America, and therefore limit the purchase of arms would be in the latter specifically, without other countries, whether China, which do not have sophisticated weapons, or Russia that produce weapons comparable to American arms. "
For his part, went Abbas al-Bayati, a member of a coalition of state law, and member of the Security Committee and defend the parliamentary, that "the need for aircraft (F-16) is the pressing security and strategy, on the grounds that he can not protect the Iraqi airspace without these aircraft," adding, "not necessarily be those aircraft fighter, but in order to protect Iraq's airspace from any breach military, as well as benefit from trade. "
"the world" I asked al-Bayati, whether he meant the American fighters purchased by Iraq, would not be armed with missiles, but equipped only with sophisticated control of the atmosphere, but he declined to give more detail, saying only that "the country needs between 20 and 30 aircraft, in particular the need to monitor the atmosphere to fly continuously 24 hours a day, which requires large numbers of aircraft. "and on the response to Altbar
And on what it meant to benefit from the fighter aircraft business, said al-Bayati said, "Iraqi airspace includes many of the air passages, many of the airlines that have evacuated taxes, financial benefits, requires knowledge of the type of aircraft with sophistication," asserting that "the need for such aircraft will exceed respects the security and economic, to the strategic areas, navigational and commercial. "
and how to inform the Commission on Security and Defense on the deal and its value, he said, "We have informed public on the willingness of the Ministry of Defence contract for the purchase of these aircraft, and we await the details concerning this matter," noting that "a deal of this type of competence of the Committee on Contracts and armament in the Ministry of Defence, is overseeing the specifications and prices, as well as delivery times, and this Committee are determined by the number and type of weapons and aircraft that can be contracted. "
On the rumors that the deal needs the approval of the Ministry of Finance and House of Representatives, continued al-Bayati said, "We must provide the price of this deal, either through transfers within the general budget, or the allocation of the paragraphs in the budget of 2012 a private, independent, under arm the Iraqi army, away from the budget of the Ministry of Defense," adding, "We have to move the conclusion of the transaction and the completion of them, even if we had to conclude the contract on credit. "
But Hassan Jihad, a member of the Kurdistan Alliance and a member of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary denied "the science of his committee, including rumors about this deal, but by what we heard from the adviser to the prime minister," he said, adding, "It seems that the government and financial abundance, which forced them to conclude this deal. "
Jihad said that "the deal, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, old, on the grounds that the House refused to pass within the current year budget, preferring to support the ration card to buy them from America." citing a newspaper world
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