Humvees for the Iraq Army (BBC News)From The Long War Journal:
The Iraqi military has ordered equipment for its forces totaling more than $6 billion, according to sales notices sent to the US Congress. The weapons will be used to upgrade the equipment used by Iraqi Security Forces and expand their capabilities for internal and external defense.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has sent eight Foreign Materials Sales Notices to Congress on Dec. 9 of potential arms sales to Iraq. The purchases were apparently funded by the Iraqi Supplemental Budget allocation passed this summer. The Iraqi Security Forces apparently chose to accelerate their equipment purchases with the surplus funds.
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My Comment: And these purchases are just a drop in the bucket for what they will be spending on in the near future.
Infrastructure, the oil industry, and the military .... these three areas will be receiving hundreds of billions in the next few years, and will dwarf any and/or all the expenditures that Iraq's neighbors may spend during this time .... including the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia.
