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Iraq General: Nation To Seek More Arms Deals, Wants F-16s For Self Defense

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Friday, October 17th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford As Iraq rebuilds its army into a lean force, it will seek additional U.S.-brokered arms sales in the next few years, and will focus on buying the "best available" systems on the market, a senior military officer from the war-torn nation said yesterday. Iraqi Gen. Babakir Baderkhan Zibari, the chief of staff of the Iraqi Joint Forces, also reaffirmed his country's wish to buy Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built F-16 fighter jets while addressing an Arlington, Va., conference about…

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