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US to Ship Unprecedented Number of Hellfire Missiles to Iraq
JPUpdate ^ | 8-14-14

Posted on 08/14/2014 11:28:14 AM PDT by SJackson

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According to a report in the Washington Post, the Pentagon signaled on Tuesday that it is considering to send its largest ever shipment of Hellfire missiles to Iraq as the government there hunkers down for a prolonged battle against radical Islamic terrorists who have asserted control over hundreds of square miles of territory across western and northern parts of the country. Pentagon officials disclosed that the State Department has approved the possible sale of 5,000 AGM-114K/N/R missiles and related parts and training. The estimated cost of the transaction would be approximately $700 million, and it would be much larger than previous shipments of Hellfire missiles to Iraq.

The move is not considered surprising, as it was reported at the beginning of July that State Department officials had informed lawmakers that the Obama administration wanted to send at least 4,000 more Hellfire missiles to Iraq.

The Iraqi military used up its inventory of about 300 Hellfire missiles in June as ISIS forces seized territory in numerous parts of the country. Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, stated last month that the United States would ship approximately 800 more of the missiles by the end of July. The missiles are deployed from several different aircraft, including the Iraqi air force’s AC-208 Cessna Caravan.


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1 posted on 08/14/2014 11:28:14 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

but not to Israel?


2 posted on 08/14/2014 11:28:59 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

What better way to get them into the hands of the Islamists?


3 posted on 08/14/2014 11:30:33 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: SJackson

So, if the hellfires we send are used against us is it still considered friendly fire? I mean if we’re sending them.......... Stupider and stupider.


4 posted on 08/14/2014 11:31:41 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: SJackson

Didn’t we quit making Hellfire’s?


5 posted on 08/14/2014 11:31:57 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: GeronL

“but not to Israel?”

Having worked for the American division of a big Israeli defense company, Tadiran, I can attest that there is not one weapon we have that they don’t have, sometimes in an improved version. The only reason they get weapons from the US is they’re free. (They’re really not for the countries that get them so much as they are for the companies that sell them. It’s welfare for arms makers.)


6 posted on 08/14/2014 11:32:41 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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7 posted on 08/14/2014 11:33:25 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SJackson
4000 Hellfires to Iraq.

What could go wrong with that?

BTW, how many humvees and howitzers are we sending

8 posted on 08/14/2014 11:33:27 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: SJackson

Hamas is going to have fun firing these at Israel!


9 posted on 08/14/2014 11:33:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: SJackson

How come EVERY DETAIL of our actions in Iraq are broadcast to the world, updates every minute it seems.. YET WE GET NOTHING ON THE IRS INVESTIGATION, ILLEGAL OBAMACARE LAW CHANGES, FAST & FURIOUS DOCUMENTS, BENGHAZI WITNESS TESTIMONY, NSA OVERREACHES, LOST EMAILS ACROSS ALL AGENCIES, U.S. MARINE IN MEXICAN JAIL, BLAH BLAH BLAH...


10 posted on 08/14/2014 11:33:59 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Gen.Blather

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3192667/posts

Obama blocking missile shipment for Israel


11 posted on 08/14/2014 11:34:07 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Exactamundo. WTF territory we’re in......


12 posted on 08/14/2014 11:34:38 AM PDT by onona (meh)
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Guess there's none left for Israel.

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13 posted on 08/14/2014 11:35:03 AM PDT by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: tacticalogic

You may be thinking of Tomahawks. I’m not sure we’ve actually stopped producing those, just floated a trial balloon a while back that we were going to.


14 posted on 08/14/2014 11:35:08 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tacticalogic

Yes. And Tomahawks. The President says we don’t need them any more.


15 posted on 08/14/2014 11:35:40 AM PDT by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: skeeter

Of course!!


16 posted on 08/14/2014 11:36:16 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: GeronL

“Obama blocking missile shipment for Israel”

I have no doubt that Obama is doing that. The point is, it won’t hurt Israel even a tiny bit. Even when a foreign (FMS) contract went bad because of an overthrow or sudden bad blood, the company (mine) still got paid. The weapons were foisted off, in my case, on the US Army. As a matter of fact, the contract was usually through the US military for just this reason.


17 posted on 08/14/2014 11:36:58 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: tanknetter

We stopped Hellfires too. A-10 too. These weapons were way too effective. Obama believes wars should be proportionate.


18 posted on 08/14/2014 11:38:10 AM PDT by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

That’s a great question. Perhaps it’s those intensely loyal Muslim Brotherhood officials in the Dep’t of Homeland Security.


19 posted on 08/14/2014 11:38:38 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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