U.S. wants Iraq to base F-16IQs in Jordan, lawmaker says

A lawmaker from the Shiite bloc in the Iraqi parliament told reporters that Washington has pressured Baghdad to base its new F-16IQs in Jordan instead of returning them home.

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“We have information the U.S. has decided that the three F-16s should carry out airstrikes from the land of Jordan while Iraq has a big airbase in the Ziqar province in southern Iraq,” Abed Issawi said.

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