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Iraqi Kurdistan rejects allegation of
military training of Syrian Kurds
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Military training of Syrian
Kurds denied
March 31, 2012
ERBIL-Hewlęr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The existence of military
bases in Kurdistan Region to train Kurdish refugees
fleeing from Syria has been denied by the Kurdistan
Regional Government.
The al-Arabiya website reported that Kurds who have
fled the violence in Syria and sought refuge in
Kurdistan are being
trained for
military purposes in Erbil.
The report alleged that the Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP) forces are training the refugees so they
can re-enter their country mobilized.
"I am not aware of construction of any military base
for the fleeing Kurds of Syria in Kurdistan region,"
said Mohammed Qaradakhi,www.ekurd.net
secretary for Kurdistan Council of Ministers.
Al-Arabiya's also wrote that some 330 Kurdish youth
from Syria participate in military drills in the
same base which houses the South Korean unit used
during their mission with coalition forces in Iraq.
It was alleged that the number is growing and the
drills are performed secretly, as the trainees are
not allowed to leave the base.
Nawzad Hadi, Erbil governor and a member of the
KDP's Leading Council, also dismissed the article.
"The reports which allege Kurdistan Region has
opened a barracks in southern Erbil for the Syrian
Kurds are baseless and there is nothing as such,"
Hadi said.
Kurdistan Peshmarga (border guards) Minister Jaafar
Mustafa said he too is not aware of any such bases
or drills for Syrian Kurds in Kurdistan.
By Idris Abu-Bakir
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