Insurgency In Iraq Threatens To Further Delay Delivery Of F-16s To Iraqi Government

By James Drew / June 13, 2014 at 10:14 PM
The renewed conflict in Iraq is threatening to further derail the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to the country as its government and military continue to lose ground to islamist insurgents, but the State Department said this week that it is too early to know how the fighting will impact the transfer. This week, fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group took control of major cities and towns in Iraq, including important military installations and...

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