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Peshmerga spokesman: No U.S. forces have moved to Kurdistan
12/22/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - Yawar told «Middle East»: There are only 10 trainers Erbil: Shirzad Shaikhani the spokesman of the leadership of the Regional Guard forces and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Peshmerga, the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq «it does not exist any U.S. military presence in the region, and that any U.S. troops did not move to Kurdistan after its withdrawal from parts of Iraq », alluding to« that if there are any new agreements will take place between the Iraqi government and U.S. forces for the survival of a number of U.S. trainers to train Iraqi forces, this agreement will take effect the Peshmerga forces also ». Major General Jabbar Yawar told «Middle East» that «the agreement was held in 2010 between the Iraqi government and U.S. forces in the presence of the commander of U.S. forces at the time, General Raymond Odierno for the formation of security forces joint Peshmerga and the Iraqi army in areas called zones common security, the areas that are in dispute, and under that agreement to lead U.S. forces the task of training the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga, and building on that agreement received our military training, along with members of the Iraqi army in a lot of camps located in Diyala, Kirkuk, Mosul, Taji, Baghdad, Apart from the training ranks and members of four brigades under the command of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces ». He said Yawar «There are 4 brigades other plans of the Ministry of Peshmerga formed within the coming period, and if found Iraq to any future agreement with the U.S. side for the training of Iraqi forces, that agreement will apply to the Peshmerga forces and will be trained U.S. job training such as formations of the Iraqi army ». Regarding the statements made to the Minister of Peshmerga Shaykh Ja'far Shaykh Mustafa told «Rdao» Kurdish that there are U.S. troops in Kurdistan, said Yawar «There are no military bases in Kurdistan, and that U.S. forces withdrew from the the rest of Iraq did not move to the region, and on the whole, the number of U.S. trainers who have trained Peshmerga brigade four of the Ministry of Peshmerga, the region did not exceed 20 trainers, who remained now only 10 coaches who are currently working in a small office follows the American Consulate in Erbil, so it is There is an exception to the Kurdistan presence of U.S. forces ».
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