![]() ![]() ![]() supply of Abrams tanks to the Peshmerga “even when the Kurds were the only ground force stopping ISIS from taking the entire north of Iraq.” diplomat Peter Galbraith pinned the blame on former prime minister Maliki and his successor Haider al-Abadi for blocking any potential U.S. While the delivery of a few dozen MRAPs and several Humvees did help the Peshmerga’s war effort against ISIS, it was far from a major improvement or upgrade of the autonomous region’s armored forces. Army Special Forces member went so far as to say that “riding in those MRAPs with all the amount of RPG 29s in the country is committing suicide.” The Iraqis apparently meddled with some of the MRAPs allocated to the Peshmerga since they arrived in Kurdistan without any side armor, essentially making them death traps if used in combat. Peshmerga MRAPs outside of Iraqi Kurdistan's capital Erbil on May 7, 2016. ![]()
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