December 27th, 2013 - 02:39 GMT U.S. sends missiles and drones to Iraq to fight al-Qaeda The United States sent Iraq dozens of missiles and surveillance drones to help it combat a recent surge in al-Qaeda-backed violence, officials and media reports said on Thursday. Read more
![US soldier walks around an inert Hellfire missile as he perform a pre-flight check on an MQ-1B Predator unmanned aircraft system. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/us-sends-drones-missiles-iraq.jpg?itok=_0dJrtuw "US soldier walks around an inert Hellfire missile as he perform a pre-flight check on an MQ-1B Predator unmanned aircraft system. [AFP]")
