PENTAGON PURCHASES ARMOR FOR IRAQI FORCES
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has decided to provide Iraqi securityforces with body armor. The Defense Department has awarded an Iraqi company a contract for theproduction and supply of body armor vests for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.The $10.3 million contract for Al Hashimite Co, based in Baghdad, wasawardedon Feb. 18 and marks the first U.S. major deal with an Iraqi defensecontractor.