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                Iraq Cancels $4.2 Billion Arms Deal with Russia

   by VOA News

   A spokesman for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the
   cancellation Saturday, saying the prime minister had "suspicions of
   corruption" surrounding the deal.
   The spokesman said an investigation in underway, but it was not
   immediately clear who or what was being investigated.
   Baghdad and Moscow signed off on the weapons package in October.  The
   deal would have made Russia Iraq's biggest arms supplier after the U.S.
   Reports say 30 Mi-28 attack helicopters were to be included in the
   weapons package.
   Russia has not commented on the cancellation. Moscow was the main
   supplier of arms to Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
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