Israeli newspaper claims "Israelis training Kurds in Kurdistan"

"JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Private Israeli security firms have sent experts to Iraq's northern Kurdish region to give covert training to Kurdish security forces, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.

The daily Yedioth Ahronoth said that over the past year and a half the Israeli companies had set up a secret training base in northern Iraq as part of a multi-million dollar project with the Kurdish regional government.



It said dozens of Israeli specialists had been sent to teach Kurdish forces "weapons training, self-defence and counter-terror warfare".

Israel's foreign ministry voiced doubt over the report. "As far as I know there are no Israelis whatsoever in Kurdistan," ministry spokesman Mark Regev said. "As there is a formal state of war between Israel and Iraq, it is illegal for Israelis to visit Iraq.""
The Kurdistani

I think this news means two thing. First that the Kurds are our best last hope for the ME, and second, that they are trying as hard as possible to break away from the rest of Iraq.
All I can say is that if they do break away, we should support them in every way possible, maybe even inviting them to join NATO or something.