(ANSA) Rome, September 12 - A consignment of weapons Italy
sent to Iraq for distribution to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic
State (ISIS) extremist guerrillas has arrived in Baghdad ready
for Iraqi authorities to hand to Peshmerga fighters, Italian
defence ministry sources said Friday.
"Everything is proceeding according to what was communicated
recently to Parliament by Defence Minister (Roberta) Pinotti,"
the sources said.
The weapons earmarked for the Kurdish troops include
thousands of AK 47 assault rifles and ammunition that were held
in store in Sardinia after being confiscated from a ship in the
Mediterranean during the Balkan wars in the 1990s.
The Peshmerga have been outdone in several battles by
better-armed ISIS militia.
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