Kurds
And US Deny the Presence of American Experts In Southern Kurdistan
(The Kurdistan Observer) Feb 28, 2002. Reports suggest that US military
experts were exploring the site of three air bases in Southern Kurdistan,
reported Al-Hayat yesterday.
Although the US government and the two Kurdish parties, the KDP and
PUK, denied the revelation, other sources asserted, according to Al-Hayat,
that a delegation made up of 7 US army officers working for the Central
Intelligent Agency, CIA, visited Bamerne airport in Duhok province to assess
its possible use by the US Airforce in the future. The delegation
also, visited two additional sites, one in Qara Chog and the other
in a region bordering Northern Kurdistan. |