Secret Israeli training site in Iraq

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Exclusive: A number of Israeli companies have won contracts with the Kurdish government in northern Iraq to train and equip Kurdish security forces and build an international airport, Yedioth Ahronoth reports

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"Dozens of Israelis with a background in elite military combat training have been working for private Israeli companies in northern Iraq where they are helping the Kurds establish elite anti-terror units, Israel’s leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronot revealed Thursday.

According to the report, the Kurdish government contracted Israeli security and communications companies to train Kurdish security forces and provide them with advanced equipment.

Motorola Israel and Magalcom Communications and Computers have won contracts with the Kurdish government to the tune of hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars.

The flagship of the contracts is the construction of an international airport in the northern Kurdish city of Ibril, a stepping stone towards the fulfillment of Kurdish national aspirations for independence."

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