- Iran's government is planning to return military and
civilian aircraft to Iraq, according to a Baghdad newspaper runs by Saddam
Hussein s son Uday.
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- The newspaper quoted a source in the Iraqi Ministry of
Transport and Communications who said the deal was worked out during the
recent visit to Iran by Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sbri. The deal also
would cover ships and boats.
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- In the start of the 1991 Persian Gulf war, Iraq sent
a number of MiG-29 fighter bombers to Iran, even though relations between
the two countries remained tense after the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.
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- Iraqi air force is currently made up of a few fighters
and most are in poor condition due to the United Nations arms embargo.
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- Ties between Iran and Iraq have been improving since
the beginning of the year. The two nations have resumed commercial flights
for Iranians who seek to visit Islamic sites in Iraq; and Baghdad and Tehran
also reached an agreement aimed at curbing opposition groups.
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