Iraq Strongly Willing to Strike Arms Deal with Russia

[Ringo S.]

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107124638

TEHRAN (FNA)- Baghdad prefers to purchase weapons and military equipment from Russia and China than the western states because arms imports from the latter group of countries requires a complicated and time consuming process, a senior Iraqi politician said Wednesday after Iraq chose to renegotiate arms deal with Russia.

[cowboywannabe]

good for the iraqis.

[GAFinch]

Makes sense to me.

[CitizenOfDreams]

Sayings about bad salesmen...
"He couldn't sell ice water to a thirsty man in a desert"
"He couldn't sell beer to a boatload of sailors"
"He couldn't sell weapons to Iraqi"