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Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:12
Maliki: Russian Jets to Make Key Difference in Fight against ISIL

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced that Iraq's army will soon receive a batch of Russian jets, "which will make a key difference in fight against ISIL".

Maliki also expressed regrets over Iraq's contract with the US, saying their jets are taking too long to arrive, Al-Manar reported Friday.
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"I'll be frank and say that we were deluded when we signed the contract (with the US)," Maliki said. "We should have sought to buy other jet fighters like British, French and Russian to secure the air cover for our forces; if we had air cover we would have averted what had happened," he went on.

Maliki said Iraq bought second-hand jet fighters from Russia and Belarus "that should arrive in Iraq in two or three days".
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