360° Coverage : Iraq scraps $4.2 billion Russian arms deal, cites graft

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Iraq scraps $4.2 billion Russian arms deal, cites graft

Source: The Star Malaysia, Nov 10 2012, 2:40pm CST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Saturday it had cancelled a $4.2 billion (2.6 billion pounds) deal to buy military jets, helicopters and missiles from Russia, citing possible corruption in the contract. Iraqi acting Defence Minister Saadoun a ...

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U.S. involvement in Syria unlikely to end well

Source: The Register Guard | Jun 19 2013, 2:49am CDT

In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible “moderates” whose prospects are doub ...

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Syria crisis: David Cameron pledges not to remove Assad military if they overthrow tyrant

Source: Daily Mail - UK | Jun 19 2013, 2:19am CDT

Declaration signed that says Syria needs a 'transitional government'It added that 'public services must be preserved or restored'But Russia refused to agree to explicit demand that Assad goes David Cameron last ...

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"One should not rule out pressure from the United States, which certainly does not want to let the Iraqi government - a buyer of American arms or arms from suppliers that are U.S. allies - out of its zone of control"

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