Israelis trained Kurdish troops in Iraq-BBC report
Former Israeli commandos secretly trained Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq to protect a new international airport and in counter-terrorism operations, the BBC television reported on Tuesday. Former Israeli special forces soldiers entered Iraq from Turkey in 2004 to train two groups of Kurdish troops, one of the former Israeli trainers told the BBC’s “Newsnight” programme. A spokesman for the Kurdistan regional government dismissed the Israeli ex-soldier’s allegations, saying they were not new. Full Story