The Israel Police has launched an investigation due to suspicions that Israeli security and business officials exported security information and equipment to Iraq without approval from the Ministry of Defense.
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The police investigation was launched after the Defense Ministry completed a comprehensive investigation, following an inquiry carried out by a Yedioth Ahronoth magazine.
The investigation found that during the last two years, secret Israeli activity has been taking place in northern Iraq, home to the Kurdish population of the country. Security equipment was transferred and veterans of elite unites gave security information. Weapons training was also provided, and an airport was built by Israelis in northern Iraq.
Helping Kurds
According to the investigation, leading Israeli companies sold the Kurds technology and complex electronic equipment, as well as electronic fences, guard dogs, watchtowers, motorcycles, tractors, and more. The business activity involved hundreds of millions of dollars.
For many months, veterans of elite units stayed in Iraq, and set up anti-terror Kurdish unites. The activity was carried out by the Kudo international company, who is co-owned by an Israeli living in Tel Aviv, while his associate is a senior government figure in Kurdistan.
Anat Tal-Shir and Itamar Eichner contributed to this report
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