Sunday 14 September 2014

Britain arming Iraqi Kurds with machine guns to fight IS

IRAQ WARS
Britain arming Iraqi Kurds with machine guns to fight IS
London (AFP) Sept 09, 2014 - Britain is to ship heavy machine guns and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced Tuesday. The arms shipment, worth Pounds 1.6 million ($2.6 million, two million euros), will arrive in Iraq on Wednesday. "The Kurdish forces remain significantly less well equipped than ISIL (Islamic State) and we are responding to help th ... more


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