Fmr Iraqi PM: US refused to sell us arms, Russia opened its own stockpiles

Please help us keep producing independent translations for you by contributing as little as $1/month here:   / middleeastobserver   Correction in subtitles: at minute 3:48 the title should read "He (the former Kuwaiti PM) said: “I once bought F-18 fighter jets from the US. We never used or flied these jets. They were parked (all the time)." Video description: In an interview with Iraqi TV, former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that Washington’s weapons deals with Iraq and world states are based on its political and commercial interests and not on goodwill. Al-Maliki goes on to explain that Russia’s treatment of Iraqi requests for Russian weapons at a critical time during Iraq’s war with ISIS was completely different to the American approach. Source: Afaq TV Date: Jun 13, 2020 Transcript: http://middleeastobserver.net/fmr-ira...