U.S. State Dept. OKs Sale Of Equipment For Kurdish Light Infantry, Artillery Units

The U.S. State Dept. has approved the potential sale of military equipment worth almost US$300 million to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, reports Rudaw (Iraqi Kurdistan).

The possible US$295.6 million Foreign Military Sale would include equipment to equip two peshmerga light infantry brigades and two support artillery battalions, said a statement issued on Wednesday from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

If approved, the equipment would include 4,400 M16A4 rifles, 46...