Pentagon says US weapons to help Iraq combat IS car bombs due to arrive as soon as next week
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Pentagon says an expedited shipment of 2,000 lightweight anti-armor weapons should arrive in Iraq as soon as next week.
They are intended to help Iraqi soldiers counter the increasingly prevalent use of car bombs by Islamic State fighters.
A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren, said Thursday that the U.S.-delivered weapons are designed to penetrate armor, making them useful in stopping what the military calls vehicle-borne explosive devices, or car bombs, like those that were used effectively in Ramadi over the weekend by IS fighters.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Warren said the U.S. also is expediting shipment of other weaponry and technology to Iraq to support its effort to retake territory from the extremists.