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If not fighter jets, what are Iraq’s defense procurement priorities?
"For Iraq's military... these are prestige items more than a security necessity," CSIS's Daniel Byman told Breaking Defense of the fighter jet rumors, saying Baghdad has "less glamorous" priorities.