URGENT: USA delivers 15 million pieces of ammunition, 10 thousand artillery shells to Iraq

(IraqiNews.com) On Thursday, the American Embassy in Iraq announced the handing of 15 million pieces of ammunition to Iraq while confirming that 12 Iraqi pilots were in America completing their training on the aircraft F16, praising the military cooperation between Erbil and Baghdad to face the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

The director of the Office of Security Cooperation in the Embassy, Lt. Gen. J. Michael Bednarek said, in an interview with a number of media, including IraqiNews.com, that “The United States handed over the Iraqi government 15 million pieces of ammunition for various types of weapons during the last month,” noting that “America also handed Iraq 10 thousand pieces of ammunition of artillery and a thousand Hellfire missiles. ”

Birinrk added, that “Iraqi forces will receive additional shipments of missiles and jets,” noting that “the coming months will witness a continuation of the efforts of armament programs related to aircraft, tanks and Apache helicopters.”