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Iraq
U.S. to send Iraq 250 MRAP vehicles for free, says Pentagon
2014-12-18
[IraqiNews.com] On Wednesday, Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Rear Adm. John Kirby announced, that the U.S. will send roughly 250 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to Iraq for free.

Pentagon Press Secretary, U.S. Rear Adm. John Kirby confirmed that the U.S. will send roughly 250 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to Iraq at no charge, and it would be done as part of the Pentagon?s ?Excess Defense Articles? program, adding that, the vehicles will be used to deal with roadside explosives set by the ISIS group,
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  #6 The question is exactly to whom in Iraq are they being sent? ISIS resupply.
Posted by: irishrageboy   2014-12-18 16:49  

#6  The question is exactly to whom in Iraq are they being sent?

Iran?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-12-18 12:33  

#5  Nothing is free. The U. S. taxpayer paid for those. The question is exactly to whom in Iraq are they being sent?
Posted by: Lowspark   2014-12-18 11:38  

#4  break out the 40's! Drink up!
Posted by: Frank G   2014-12-18 10:19  

#3  Could be worse. Could be handing them out to cops here. (My local force, 20 officers, has one.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-12-18 07:25  

#2  :) F-150 at 5:36 am. Life is good.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-12-18 05:40  

#1  Not like sending someone an F-150. Without a very expensive contractor maintenance tail, inshallah maintenance will see the majority deadlined within a year, or less.

Excess Defense Articles Program..... Run by the U.S. Department of Defense Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security [Where Industry and Security Connect].

Is it just me, or what is that strange smell ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-12-18 04:24  

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