Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Prompting Civil War?
Interesting.

The BBC has obtained evidence that Israelis have been giving military training to Kurds in northern Iraq.
A report on the BBC TV programme Newsnight showed Israeli experts in northern Iraq, drilling Kurdish militias in shooting techniques. Kurdish officials have refused to comment on the report and Israel has denied it knows of any involvement. The revelation is set to cause enormous problems for the Kurds, not only in Iraq but also in the wider region.
3 Comments:
Blogger Greyhair said...
They've been doing the training for sometime. The other interesting aspect of it is how do the Turks feel about Israel intervening in the area?

Anonymous Anonymous said...
When I was in southern Italy, I met two Kurds. In addition to the lesson I got in Kurdish history, they told me about the alignment of Coalition troops (British, Italian, US) on specific fronts. They were quite optimistic that Kurds would be supported in their efforts to regain historic terrority now held by Syria. It was so unsettling.

And greyhair, where is Israel intervening?

Ai yai yai... I can't believe what those Republicans have gotten our country into.

Blogger Greyhair said...
Jaded Thea,

Check out the post and the link in the post. It's been reported for some time that the Israeli military is providing training and support for the Kurdish militia.