Russia Gets $4.2 Billion Arms Deals With Iraq, Rivals U.S.

Iraq will purchase more than $4.2 billion of weapons from Russia under contracts signed in recent months, the Russian government said today, in a challenge to the Middle Eastern country's military ties with the U.S. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is visiting Russia this week and plans to meet President Vladimir Putin tomorrow after today's ... (more)

[neutral observer]

The arms used by the USA during the invasion must not have made much of an impression. The Iraqis chose quality no doubt.

[lol]

Orthodox Slavs arming Muslims. One day those weapons might end up in Chechnya.

[StellarKnight]

Now to trump the Dutch Shell Petroleum oil contract with a Russian company.

Gotcha!

[Dimitri100]

neutral observer wrote:

The arms used by the USA during the invasion must not have made much of an impression. The Iraqis chose quality no doubt.

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I agree, al-Maliki knows class when he sees it.