Then there's this...

Here's what the Arab media is reporting -

The Iraqi defence minister has denied media reports that a $4.2bn package of arms deals with Russia was cancelled due to corruption concerns.

"The deal is going ahead," Saadun al-Dulaimi said at a press conference, following comments by Ali Mussawi, a senior adviser to the prime minister, who said the deal had been scrapped.

Dulaimi denied that there was corruption in the deal, and said the government had simply been late in providing details about the deal to an anti-corruption committee. . .

[link to www.aljazeera.com]

What's going on behind the scenes? Any ideas? Putin had his own cell phone video?