“The first thing the prime minister will ask for is to accelerate the processes for the shipment of drones and F-16s,” Deputy National Security Adviser Safa al-Sheikh Hussein told Reuters in an interview last week.
“The initial response from the U.S. was positive, but it depends on the delivery time. We want them immediately.”
Washington agreed in August to supply by late 2014 a $2.6 billion integrated air defense system and F-16s.
This is how we begin to recoup the $750 billion spent in Iraq. With Iraq's expanding oil revenue they should be able to pay cash.