London mayor brandishes AK-47 on Iraq frontline during trade talks

London Mayor Boris Johnson met British troops assisting Kurdistan against the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) on Thursday during a surprise visit to crisis-ridden northern Iraq.

The Conservative mayor posed for photographs holding an AK-47 on the frontline, where British troops are helping Kurdish fighters battling Islamists.

He also met with UK officers who are training Peshmerga fighters, the improvised military of Iraqi Kurdistan .... http://rt.com/uk