BAGHDAD, — Iraqi Ministry of Defence announced it wants to buy more F16 warplanes from the USA to protect the country’s air space. Only recently U.S Department of Defence confirm 18 F16 sold to Iraq worth of $3 billion.
According to Sbeiy media outlet Iraqi Ministry of Defence have met with US delegation and the F16 manufacture company to purchase further 36 F16, the deal agreed between both sides.
Maliki has already been accused of threatening South Kurdistan with F16 and advance weaponry.