So, the Iraqi army has American M1 Abrams tanks. Those tanks were used a lot in the war against the Islamic State. At first glance there’s not too much interesting about that. There’s war, you use tanks. But one thing many people have heard about but don’t know much about in detail, or haven’t heard anything about at all, was the drama connected to the Iraqi M1A1 Abrams tanks and their use in the war. This drama is what we’re gonna talk about in today’s video.

So hello and welcome and enjoy this video.

And by the way, I will now try to always put the sources of my information in the video description. Just for transparency and so that you can learn more by yourself if you want to.

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Sources


Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abra...


Military Times
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/20...


Foreign Policy
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/02/...


U.S. Army
https://www.army.mil/article/64944/ir...


Gordon, Michael R., and General Bernard E. Trainor.
https://www.amazon.com/Cobra-II-Insid...


Pollack, Kenneth M.
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi...


Allawi, Ali A.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npg7d


Brookings Institution report on US military assistance in Iraq
(No link)


CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) report on M1 Abrams deliveries
(No link)


U.S. Department of Defense documents regarding military sales to Iraq under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/ind....


The Warzone
https://www.twz.com/21417/iraqi-armor...