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(FILES) A ScanEagle drone sits on the deck of the USS Ponce, in this December 6, 2013 file photo, in Manama, Bahrain. The United States is sending Iraq dozens of missiles and surveillance drones to help it combat a recent surge in Al-Qaeda-backed violence, the New York Times reported on December 26, 20123. The weapons include a shipment of 75 Hellfire missiles purchased by Iraq, which Washington delivered to the country last week, the Times reported. The daily wrote that 10 ScanEagle reconnaissance drones -- smaller versions of the larger Predator drones that once were frequently flown over Iraq -- are expected to be sent by March. Administration sources told the Times that the delivery comes as the Iraqis had virtually run out of Hellfire missiles. The shipments are being sent as Baghdad confronts the worst wave of Islamic militant violence in half a decade. Recent attacks, including the bombing Wednesday of a market near a church in Baghdad, have killed at least 44 people across Iraq, in the worst bloodletting since 2008 when the country was just emerging from a brutal period of sectarian killings. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP/FILES== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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Manama, BAHRAIN |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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MARK WILSON |
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26 Decembrie 2013 |
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