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BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said Saturday he was reviving a stalled deal to buy multimillion-dollar fighter jets from the United States and affirmed the need for American trainers to help Iraqi forces operate and maintain the 36 F-16s.
However, Nouri al-Maliki avoided saying whether the trainers would be active-duty troops or private contractors — sidestepping the key question of whether American military personnel will be asked to remain past an end-of-year deadline for withdrawing.
