Thursday, December 26, 2013

U.S. ARMING IRAQ WITH MISSILES AND DRONES

The U.S. is quietly shipping hellfire missiles and surveillance drones to war-torn Iraq in an alleged bid to help the government fight the country's Al Qaeda affiliate… Iraq bought 75 Hellfire missiles… The weapons are strapped beneath the wings of small Cessna turboprop planes, and fired at militant camps with the C.I.A. secretly providing targeting assistance… Ten surveillance drones will likely be sent to Iraq by March…”