Iraqi Training RFI

[shark11]

There is an Iraqi Army cadet at West Point right now. He should be graduating in 2009 I think.

The short answer to your question is yes, but not nearly as much as for our Afghan counterparts. Some of the domestic training programs for Afghan officers are counternarcotics in nature, Iraq of course doesnt grow alot of poppies.

[davidbfpo]

Last month I was at Sandhurst, the UK Army's officer training academy and on the passing out parade was one Iraqi Army officer.

Hardly an extensive presence, although I recall we contribute to in-country training of officers and NCOs.

Following traditional links there were officers from: Belize, Botswana, Brunei, The Gambia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Maldives, Malta, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Tanzania and UAE.

At a seperate forum there was an intriguing reference to Pakistani officer cadets being subverted in the UK by the radical Muslim group, Hizb-ut-Tahir and years alter trying to launch a coup.

davidbfpo