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More U.S. military help tops Nouri al-Maliki’s wish list

Nouri al-Maliki (right) and Barack Obama are shown. | AP Photo

Some senators blame al-Maliki, who will meet with Obama, for Iraq's recent woes. | AP Photo
By PHILIP EWING | 10/31/13 5:06 AM EDT

The Obama administration appears open to stepping up some assistance for Iraq as it struggles with a rash of deadly terror attacks, but opposition in Congress could present a major roadblock.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to meet Friday with President Barack Obama and plans to ask him for “a deeper security relationship between the United States and Iraq to combat terrorism and address broader regional security concerns, including the conflict in Syria and the threat that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons could pose in the region,” al-Maliki wrote this week in The New York Times.

A senior administration official told reporters that although Washington wants to help Baghdad suppress the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists who are seeping into Iraq from civil war-torn Syria, large numbers of American troops will not head back to Iraq, and the jury remains out on additional military hardware.

(Also on POLITICO: New indictment in alleged Iraq massacre)

Instead, the official said, the U.S. and Baghdad will use an “overall strategic approach” to try to pursue the terror network that now calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, is believed to be operating from Syria.

“This is a major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability, an increasing threat to our regional partners and an increasing threat to the U.S.,” the official said. There’s a $10 million bounty on al-Baghdadi’s head.

The Iraqis say they need to be able to go after bases and training camps in their western desert. “We urgently want to equip our own forces with the weapons they need to fight terrorism, including helicopters and other military aircraft, so that we can secure our borders and protect our people,” al-Maliki wrote.

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The senior administration official declined to discuss Iraq’s “specific equipment request,” which is said to include Boeing-built AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, but said the administration would work “closely” with Congress and cited al-Maliki’s scheduled visits to Capitol Hill.

But in a letter to Obama, an influential bloc of senators have already blamed Iraq’s recent woes on al-Maliki’s “mismanagement,” citing his ties to Iran and what they called al-Maliki’s “sectarian and authoritarian agenda.”

“This failure of governance is driving many Sunni Iraqis into the arms of Al Qaeda in Iraq and fueling the rise of violence, which in turn is radicalizing Shia Iraqi communities and leading many Shia militant groups to remobilize,” the senators wrote. “These were the same conditions that drove Iraq toward civil war during the last decade and we fear that fate could befall Iraq once again.”

(Also on POLITICO: Full defense policy coverage)

The letter was signed by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and ranking member Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — as well as two leading hawks, GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

If al-Maliki were to unite Iraqis by agreeing to share more power, end Iran’s use of Iraqi airspace to fly assistance to the Syrian government and make other reforms, he would get “our support, including appropriate security assistance,” the senators wrote.

Iraq is already set to receive some American-made arms, including Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighters — their delivery remains on track for next year, the senior administration official said — and Iraq’s counterterrorism forces participated with U.S. and other troops in this year’s multinational Eager Lion exercise in Jordan.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/u ... z2jQJmqxBu
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More U.S. military help tops Nouri al-Maliki’s wish list

Nouri al-Maliki (right) and Barack Obama are shown. | AP Photo

Some senators blame al-Maliki, who will meet with Obama, for Iraq's recent woes. | AP Photo
By PHILIP EWING | 10/31/13 5:06 AM EDT

The Obama administration appears open to stepping up some assistance for Iraq as it struggles with a rash of deadly terror attacks, but opposition in Congress could present a major roadblock.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to meet Friday with President Barack Obama and plans to ask him for “a deeper security relationship between the United States and Iraq to combat terrorism and address broader regional security concerns, including the conflict in Syria and the threat that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons could pose in the region,” al-Maliki wrote this week in The New York Times.

A senior administration official told reporters that although Washington wants to help Baghdad suppress the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists who are seeping into Iraq from civil war-torn Syria, large numbers of American troops will not head back to Iraq, and the jury remains out on additional military hardware.

(Also on POLITICO: New indictment in alleged Iraq massacre)

Instead, the official said, the U.S. and Baghdad will use an “overall strategic approach” to try to pursue the terror network that now calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, is believed to be operating from Syria.

“This is a major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability, an increasing threat to our regional partners and an increasing threat to the U.S.,” the official said. There’s a $10 million bounty on al-Baghdadi’s head.

The Iraqis say they need to be able to go after bases and training camps in their western desert. “We urgently want to equip our own forces with the weapons they need to fight terrorism, including helicopters and other military aircraft, so that we can secure our borders and protect our people,” al-Maliki wrote.

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The senior administration official declined to discuss Iraq’s “specific equipment request,” which is said to include Boeing-built AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, but said the administration would work “closely” with Congress and cited al-Maliki’s scheduled visits to Capitol Hill.

But in a letter to Obama, an influential bloc of senators have already blamed Iraq’s recent woes on al-Maliki’s “mismanagement,” citing his ties to Iran and what they called al-Maliki’s “sectarian and authoritarian agenda.”

“This failure of governance is driving many Sunni Iraqis into the arms of Al Qaeda in Iraq and fueling the rise of violence, which in turn is radicalizing Shia Iraqi communities and leading many Shia militant groups to remobilize,” the senators wrote. “These were the same conditions that drove Iraq toward civil war during the last decade and we fear that fate could befall Iraq once again.”

(Also on POLITICO: Full defense policy coverage)

The letter was signed by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and ranking member Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — as well as two leading hawks, GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

If al-Maliki were to unite Iraqis by agreeing to share more power, end Iran’s use of Iraqi airspace to fly assistance to the Syrian government and make other reforms, he would get “our support, including appropriate security assistance,” the senators wrote.

Iraq is already set to receive some American-made arms, including Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighters — their delivery remains on track for next year, the senior administration official said — and Iraq’s counterterrorism forces participated with U.S. and other troops in this year’s multinational Eager Lion exercise in Jordan.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/u ... z2jQJmqxBu

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not sure you read THIS, it explains all

Look, DOC, be nice to Iranians, Tehran where the action will be, hopefully for the next 1000 yrs :lol: Just Jokin (or, maybe not :) )

Well, you wanna bet Mosche suddenly changing the tone ? ?

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More U.S. military help tops Nouri al-Maliki’s wish list

Nouri al-Maliki (right) and Barack Obama are shown. | AP Photo

Some senators blame al-Maliki, who will meet with Obama, for Iraq's recent woes. | AP Photo
By PHILIP EWING | 10/31/13 5:06 AM EDT

The Obama administration appears open to stepping up some assistance for Iraq as it struggles with a rash of deadly terror attacks, but opposition in Congress could present a major roadblock.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to meet Friday with President Barack Obama and plans to ask him for “a deeper security relationship between the United States and Iraq to combat terrorism and address broader regional security concerns, including the conflict in Syria and the threat that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons could pose in the region,” al-Maliki wrote this week in The New York Times.

A senior administration official told reporters that although Washington wants to help Baghdad suppress the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists who are seeping into Iraq from civil war-torn Syria, large numbers of American troops will not head back to Iraq, and the jury remains out on additional military hardware.

(Also on POLITICO: New indictment in alleged Iraq massacre)

Instead, the official said, the U.S. and Baghdad will use an “overall strategic approach” to try to pursue the terror network that now calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, is believed to be operating from Syria.

“This is a major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability, an increasing threat to our regional partners and an increasing threat to the U.S.,” the official said. There’s a $10 million bounty on al-Baghdadi’s head.

The Iraqis say they need to be able to go after bases and training camps in their western desert. “We urgently want to equip our own forces with the weapons they need to fight terrorism, including helicopters and other military aircraft, so that we can secure our borders and protect our people,” al-Maliki wrote.

(Sign up for POLITICO’s Morning Defense tip sheet)

The senior administration official declined to discuss Iraq’s “specific equipment request,” which is said to include Boeing-built AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, but said the administration would work “closely” with Congress and cited al-Maliki’s scheduled visits to Capitol Hill.

But in a letter to Obama, an influential bloc of senators have already blamed Iraq’s recent woes on al-Maliki’s “mismanagement,” citing his ties to Iran and what they called al-Maliki’s “sectarian and authoritarian agenda.”

“This failure of governance is driving many Sunni Iraqis into the arms of Al Qaeda in Iraq and fueling the rise of violence, which in turn is radicalizing Shia Iraqi communities and leading many Shia militant groups to remobilize,” the senators wrote. “These were the same conditions that drove Iraq toward civil war during the last decade and we fear that fate could befall Iraq once again.”

(Also on POLITICO: Full defense policy coverage)

The letter was signed by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and ranking member Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — as well as two leading hawks, GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

If al-Maliki were to unite Iraqis by agreeing to share more power, end Iran’s use of Iraqi airspace to fly assistance to the Syrian government and make other reforms, he would get “our support, including appropriate security assistance,” the senators wrote.

Iraq is already set to receive some American-made arms, including Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighters — their delivery remains on track for next year, the senior administration official said — and Iraq’s counterterrorism forces participated with U.S. and other troops in this year’s multinational Eager Lion exercise in Jordan.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/u ... z2jQJmqxBu

.

am not sure you read THIS, it explains all

Look, DOC, be nice to Iranians, Tehran where the action will be, hopefully for the next 1000 yrs :lol:

Just Jokin

Well, you wanna bet Mosche suddenly changing the tone ? ?

.
What really happened is Obama and Iraq should have made a deal before the withdrawal of US forces. That Iraq needed military support from the US was very clear at that time. The Iraqi Army still needed training and the Iraqi police as well. Iraq does not have the tools it needs to stabilize Iraq. And again this was quite clear at that time. But it is still up to the Iraqis to do it. So no troops at this point in time.
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More U.S. military help tops Nouri al-Maliki’s wish list

Nouri al-Maliki (right) and Barack Obama are shown. | AP Photo

Some senators blame al-Maliki, who will meet with Obama, for Iraq's recent woes. | AP Photo
By PHILIP EWING | 10/31/13 5:06 AM EDT

The Obama administration appears open to stepping up some assistance for Iraq as it struggles with a rash of deadly terror attacks, but opposition in Congress could present a major roadblock.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to meet Friday with President Barack Obama and plans to ask him for “a deeper security relationship between the United States and Iraq to combat terrorism and address broader regional security concerns, including the conflict in Syria and the threat that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons could pose in the region,” al-Maliki wrote this week in The New York Times.

A senior administration official told reporters that although Washington wants to help Baghdad suppress the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists who are seeping into Iraq from civil war-torn Syria, large numbers of American troops will not head back to Iraq, and the jury remains out on additional military hardware.

(Also on POLITICO: New indictment in alleged Iraq massacre)

Instead, the official said, the U.S. and Baghdad will use an “overall strategic approach” to try to pursue the terror network that now calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, is believed to be operating from Syria.

“This is a major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability, an increasing threat to our regional partners and an increasing threat to the U.S.,” the official said. There’s a $10 million bounty on al-Baghdadi’s head.

The Iraqis say they need to be able to go after bases and training camps in their western desert. “We urgently want to equip our own forces with the weapons they need to fight terrorism, including helicopters and other military aircraft, so that we can secure our borders and protect our people,” al-Maliki wrote.

(Sign up for POLITICO’s Morning Defense tip sheet)

The senior administration official declined to discuss Iraq’s “specific equipment request,” which is said to include Boeing-built AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, but said the administration would work “closely” with Congress and cited al-Maliki’s scheduled visits to Capitol Hill.

But in a letter to Obama, an influential bloc of senators have already blamed Iraq’s recent woes on al-Maliki’s “mismanagement,” citing his ties to Iran and what they called al-Maliki’s “sectarian and authoritarian agenda.”

“This failure of governance is driving many Sunni Iraqis into the arms of Al Qaeda in Iraq and fueling the rise of violence, which in turn is radicalizing Shia Iraqi communities and leading many Shia militant groups to remobilize,” the senators wrote. “These were the same conditions that drove Iraq toward civil war during the last decade and we fear that fate could befall Iraq once again.”

(Also on POLITICO: Full defense policy coverage)

The letter was signed by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and ranking member Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — as well as two leading hawks, GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

If al-Maliki were to unite Iraqis by agreeing to share more power, end Iran’s use of Iraqi airspace to fly assistance to the Syrian government and make other reforms, he would get “our support, including appropriate security assistance,” the senators wrote.

Iraq is already set to receive some American-made arms, including Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighters — their delivery remains on track for next year, the senior administration official said — and Iraq’s counterterrorism forces participated with U.S. and other troops in this year’s multinational Eager Lion exercise in Jordan.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/u ... z2jQJmqxBu

.

am not sure you read THIS, it explains all

Look, DOC, be nice to Iranians, Tehran where the action will be, hopefully for the next 1000 yrs :lol:

Just Jokin

Well, you wanna bet Mosche suddenly changing the tone ? ?

.
What really happened is Obama and Iraq should have made a deal before the withdrawal of US forces. That Iraq needed military support from the US was very clear at that time. The Iraqi Army still needed training and the Iraqi police as well. Iraq does not have the tools it needs to stabilize Iraq. And again this was quite clear at that time. But it is still up to the Iraqis to do it. So no troops at this point in time.

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:lol: :lol: .. come on, DOC, come on

You as good as I know who the terrorist killing Iraqi woman and children on the street are .. everybody knows

Those Kuwaiti and Saudi and UAE Sheiks and Amirs and kings finance all this, and they your friends .. NSA checks all Bank accounts of those Sheiks and knows who pays whom .. I posted on this fora a (hidden cam) clip from uTube that shows Sheiks buying (auction) kids to use as suicide bomber in Iraq and Syria .. NSA, instead of listening to Merkel, should listen to Shaikhs phones :lol: :lol:

Iraq needs F-16 and American arms to fight whom ? ? Iran is now a friend, Turkey a NATO member meaning US in driver seat, Saudi even taxi drivers are Bangladeshi let alone tank drivers and pilots (all Paki) .. so .. Iraq needs arms to fight whom ? ?

Stabilizing Iraq means getting rid of KSA Sheiks .. looks like they next in line :lol:

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Heracleum Persicum wrote:
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More U.S. military help tops Nouri al-Maliki’s wish list

Nouri al-Maliki (right) and Barack Obama are shown. | AP Photo

Some senators blame al-Maliki, who will meet with Obama, for Iraq's recent woes. | AP Photo
By PHILIP EWING | 10/31/13 5:06 AM EDT

The Obama administration appears open to stepping up some assistance for Iraq as it struggles with a rash of deadly terror attacks, but opposition in Congress could present a major roadblock.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to meet Friday with President Barack Obama and plans to ask him for “a deeper security relationship between the United States and Iraq to combat terrorism and address broader regional security concerns, including the conflict in Syria and the threat that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons could pose in the region,” al-Maliki wrote this week in The New York Times.

A senior administration official told reporters that although Washington wants to help Baghdad suppress the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists who are seeping into Iraq from civil war-torn Syria, large numbers of American troops will not head back to Iraq, and the jury remains out on additional military hardware.

(Also on POLITICO: New indictment in alleged Iraq massacre)

Instead, the official said, the U.S. and Baghdad will use an “overall strategic approach” to try to pursue the terror network that now calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, is believed to be operating from Syria.

“This is a major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability, an increasing threat to our regional partners and an increasing threat to the U.S.,” the official said. There’s a $10 million bounty on al-Baghdadi’s head.

The Iraqis say they need to be able to go after bases and training camps in their western desert. “We urgently want to equip our own forces with the weapons they need to fight terrorism, including helicopters and other military aircraft, so that we can secure our borders and protect our people,” al-Maliki wrote.

(Sign up for POLITICO’s Morning Defense tip sheet)

The senior administration official declined to discuss Iraq’s “specific equipment request,” which is said to include Boeing-built AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, but said the administration would work “closely” with Congress and cited al-Maliki’s scheduled visits to Capitol Hill.

But in a letter to Obama, an influential bloc of senators have already blamed Iraq’s recent woes on al-Maliki’s “mismanagement,” citing his ties to Iran and what they called al-Maliki’s “sectarian and authoritarian agenda.”

“This failure of governance is driving many Sunni Iraqis into the arms of Al Qaeda in Iraq and fueling the rise of violence, which in turn is radicalizing Shia Iraqi communities and leading many Shia militant groups to remobilize,” the senators wrote. “These were the same conditions that drove Iraq toward civil war during the last decade and we fear that fate could befall Iraq once again.”

(Also on POLITICO: Full defense policy coverage)

The letter was signed by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and ranking member Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — as well as two leading hawks, GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

If al-Maliki were to unite Iraqis by agreeing to share more power, end Iran’s use of Iraqi airspace to fly assistance to the Syrian government and make other reforms, he would get “our support, including appropriate security assistance,” the senators wrote.

Iraq is already set to receive some American-made arms, including Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighters — their delivery remains on track for next year, the senior administration official said — and Iraq’s counterterrorism forces participated with U.S. and other troops in this year’s multinational Eager Lion exercise in Jordan.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/u ... z2jQJmqxBu

.

am not sure you read THIS, it explains all

Look, DOC, be nice to Iranians, Tehran where the action will be, hopefully for the next 1000 yrs :lol:

Just Jokin

Well, you wanna bet Mosche suddenly changing the tone ? ?

.
What really happened is Obama and Iraq should have made a deal before the withdrawal of US forces. That Iraq needed military support from the US was very clear at that time. The Iraqi Army still needed training and the Iraqi police as well. Iraq does not have the tools it needs to stabilize Iraq. And again this was quite clear at that time. But it is still up to the Iraqis to do it. So no troops at this point in time.

.

.

:lol: :lol: .. come on, DOC, come on

You as good as I know who the terrorist killing Iraqi woman and children on the street are .. everybody knows

Those Kuwaiti and Saudi and UAE Sheiks and Amirs and kings finance all this, and they your friends .. NSA checks all Bank accounts of those Sheiks and knows who pays whom .. I posted on this fora a (hidden cam) clip from uTube that shows Sheiks buying (auction) kids to use as suicide bomber in Iraq and Syria .. NSA, instead of listening to Merkel, should listen to Shaikhs phones :lol: :lol:

Iraq needs F-16 and American arms to fight whom ? ? Iran is now a friend, Turkey a NATO member meaning US in driver seat, Saudi even taxi drivers are Bangladeshi let alone tank drivers and pilots (all Paki) .. so .. Iraq needs arms to fight whom ? ?

Stabilizing Iraq means getting rid of KSA Sheiks .. looks like they next in line :lol:

.
I don't disagree with you. But the Iraqis are big boys and girls. Obama may have even played them in not signed a treaty for US troops to remain in Iraq. However the Iraqis played hard to get back then Now US troops are gone not to return. And what good are helicopters going to do them if they don't have anyone to teach them how to use them?
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The regimes installed under US occupation, even democratically, will always seem like collaborators to half of the population. Al-Maliki has more legitimacy than the hyper-corrupt Karzai in Afghanistan, but both only exist as figures of authority because of the US occupations, and both are unlikely to survive long after complete US/NATO withdrawal. Its only natural they ask for continued aid, they need all the help they can get.
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Doc wrote:I don't disagree with you. But the Iraqis are big boys and girls. Obama may have even played them in not signed a treaty for US troops to remain in Iraq. However the Iraqis played hard to get back then Now US troops are gone not to return. And what good are helicopters going to do them if they don't have anyone to teach them how to use them?
The Iraqis could always pay some private sector entity to teach them how to use the helicopters.

For example, DynCorp supports the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command helicopter fleet.

There's no shortage of helicopter pilots in the private sector. Many of these pilots have extensive military experience.
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Doc wrote:I don't disagree with you. But the Iraqis are big boys and girls. Obama may have even played them in not signed a treaty for US troops to remain in Iraq. However the Iraqis played hard to get back then Now US troops are gone not to return. And what good are helicopters going to do them if they don't have anyone to teach them how to use them?
The Iraqis could always pay some private sector entity to teach them how to use the helicopters.

For example, DynCorp supports the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command helicopter fleet.

There's no shortage of helicopter pilots in the private sector. Many of these pilots have extensive military experience.
There you go. They can afford to pay for the helicopters as well.
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Doc wrote:
Azrael wrote:
Doc wrote:I don't disagree with you. But the Iraqis are big boys and girls. Obama may have even played them in not signed a treaty for US troops to remain in Iraq. However the Iraqis played hard to get back then Now US troops are gone not to return. And what good are helicopters going to do them if they don't have anyone to teach them how to use them?
The Iraqis could always pay some private sector entity to teach them how to use the helicopters.

For example, DynCorp supports the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command helicopter fleet.

There's no shortage of helicopter pilots in the private sector. Many of these pilots have extensive military experience.
There you go. They can afford to pay for the helicopters as well.
Absolutely. With all that oil, they should have no problem buying what they need.
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