Prague 認可するs 軍用機s sale to Iraq to fight jihadists
The Czech 政府 on Monday 認可するd the sale of 15 戦闘 and training L-159 jets to help Baghdad fight the jihadist Islamic 明言する／公表する group, the defence 大臣 told reporters.
"We are looking at a total of 15 軍用機s, four of which come from the Czech 空気／公表する 軍隊, while 11 others come from 黒字／過剰 在庫／株," ツバメ Stropnicky said.
"The total cost is 750 million koruna (27.5 million euros; $30 million)," the 大臣 追加するd.
Members of the Iraqi 議会の Popular Mobilisation 部隊s celebrate with a 旗 of the Islamic 明言する／公表する (IS) group after 奪い返すing the village of Albu Ajil, 近づく the city of Tikrit, from the jihadist group, on March 9, 2015 ?Ahmad Al-Rubaye (AFP)
Thirteen jets are 選び出す／独身-seaters, and two have room for a co-操縦する.
The 契約 with Baghdad, whose 軍隊／機動隊s have 直面するd a major jihadist 猛攻撃 since June, also 想像するs the sale of ground 器具／備品, 武器s and 弾薬／武器.
航空機 製造業者 Aero Vodochody made 72 L-159 jets for the Czech army in the 1990s, for 51 billion koruna (1.8 billion euros).
Because of 予算 削減（する）s, the 空気／公表する 軍隊 has only held on to some 30 jets since.
The L-159 is equipped with 空気／公表する-to-空気／公表する and 空気／公表する-to-surface ミサイルs. Some 80 パーセント of its parts are foreign-made, おもに in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.
In 2012, Iraq said it was 利益／興味d in buying 28 L-159 jets. Although Baghdad and Prague 調印するd a 契約, the sale never 現実に took place.
Last year, Prague 配達するd 弾薬／武器 価値（がある） 1.5 million euros to Iraqi Kurds fighting the IS group.
The 軍用機s sale "is ーするつもりであるd for the same 目的", said Stropnicky.
Czech 会社／堅い Excalibur last month said it had agreed to sell Baghdad 100 T-72 戦車／タンクs and BVP-1 軍の 乗り物s.
In June last year, IS 開始する，打ち上げるd a 雷 不快な／攻撃 in Iraq, taking over large 列s of the country, 含むing second city Mosul.
It has 宣言するd an Islamic "caliphate" stretching from Syria into Iraq, （種を）蒔くing terror の中で people living in areas under its 支配（する）／統制する.
Czech Defence 大臣 ツバメ Stropnicky 演説（する）／住所 the 圧力（をかける） in Berlin, Germany, on May 3, 2014 ?Adam Berry (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
