Source: Asiatimes:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s visit to Moscow to sign a US$4.2 billion arms deal set the alarm bells ringing in Washington. Maliki is signaling he has had enough of the US and Turkey playing around with his country’s sovereignty – Big Oil will be next to feel his wrath. The arms sale is part of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s new diplomatic web in the Middle East, and Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Erdogan is among those being offered tempting prizes.
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