U.S. Troops Training for Iraq in Israel

[donsu]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6003648

U.S. troops from Iraq are being trained by the Israeli army in urban and guerrilla warfare tactics at a military base in Israel, a local newspaper said on Wednesday.

The Israeli army said that it did not comment on cooperation with foreign armies, but did not deny the report in the Jerusalem Post, an English-language daily in Israel.

The paper said the army units were being trained at the Adam special forces school near Modi'in in central Israel. It did not say what its source was, how many soldiers were involved or how long they would spend there.

"After completing their training, the units will return to Iraq," the newspaper said.

A U.S. embassy official told Reuters: "From time to time the United States and Israel conduct cooperative exercises but as a matter of policy we don't go into the details."

Reuters reported last year that U.S. generals were studying Israel's tactics against a Palestinian uprising for use in Iraq.

Reports of cooperation with the Jewish state are extremely sensitive for U.S. troops fighting Islamist insurgents in Iraq.
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no shit!

[PatriotGames]

1. That doesn't send the right message, does it?

BTW, they have denied this for months.

[KoKo]

2. Does Israel have enough troops to join with us in mopping up Iran if we

take out their nukes in a "pre-emptive strike" for the October Surprise?

:shrug: Anyone know?