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Barzani denies presence of Israelis in
Iraqi Kurdistan
5.12.2005
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ERBIL, Kurdistan-Iraq, Dec 4 (AFP) - 17h00 -
Massoud Barzani, president of Iraqi Kurdistan, on
Sunday denied reports that Israeli military
instructors were training Kurdish forces in
Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
"These reports are totally false," he told reporters
during a joint press conference in Arbil with Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani, a fellow Kurd.
The Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot reported on
Thursday that dozens of Israelis had been sent by
security companies to train Kurds at a secret
military base.
These companies have even built an airport, called
Hawler, near Arbil, according to the newspaper,
which published a picture showing a building
carrying the sign "Hawler International Airport" in
English and Kurdish. |
Massoud Barzani
President of Kurdistan
Region (Iraq)
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"The peshmergas (Kurdish fighters) do not need
anyone to train them," insisted Barzani, whose
forces fought a guerrilla war against Saddam
Hussein's troops for decades.
"The Arbil airport is open and aircraft from many
countries land there," he added.
The Israelis entered Iraq, which under Saddam was a
sworn enemy of the Jewish state, through its
northern border with Turkey posing as construction
engineers and agricultural experts, according to the
Yediot report.
AFP
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