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[Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense] U.S. military teams in charge of training and mentoring Iraqi national forces said the M1 will be sent in shipments of 35 over the next 18 months, though it was unclear if they were donated or acquired under the Foreign Military Sales program, the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes reports.

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[Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense] Dogs of War: Blue on white: Iraqi military forces will take possession of 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks with U.S. military assistance by the summer of 2010, U.S. officials said. U.S. military teams in charge of training and mentoring Iraqi national forces said the M1 will be sent in shipments of 35 over the next 18 months, though it was unclear if they were donated or acquired under the Foreign Military Sales program, the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes reports.

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[Javno.com (Hrvatski)] Car Bombs Kill More Than 50 In Iraq - World - Javno: Police reported at least six people killed and 26 wounded in Sadr City clashes, which have trapped frightened residents in their homes for weeks. Fighting in Shi'ite areas in Baghdad and the south has been more intense than at any time since the first half of 2007, thrusting the Iraq war back to centre stage in the U.S. presidential campaign.

[AntiWar.com] Out of Iraq?- by Justin Raimondo: "The deals also will begin to redress the economic costs borne by United States to wage the Iraq war. Among the U.S. companies that will benefit from contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars are General Dynamics, which makes the M1 Abrams tank, Bell Boeing, which produces the assault helicopters, and Lockheed Martin, which makes the C130-J Super Hercules tactical airlifter.

[Neno Gang ( DinarTrade )] CBI post new info. Now M1 and M2: BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Arab League, on Friday, said Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa will next week visit to Baghdad, where he will hold talks with senior Iraqi politicians, as the site of the Kuwaiti Minist...

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[Wonk Room] Wonk Room » Re-Arming Iraq: Iraq’s neighbors, which have grown accustomed to a weak Iraq over the past two decades, may (depending on internal Iraqi politics) have to deal with an increasingly assertive and confident Iraq in regional politics. While it’s unlikely Iraq will engage in any overseas adventures in the future, it is likely that Iraq will no longer allow itself to be ignored or pushed around by other regional powers.

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