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German army starts training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Bavaria.
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Germany's
army has started training 32 Kurdish peshmerga fighters at an army school
in Bavaria to support them in their fight against Islamic State extremists.
A spokesman for the German defense ministry said Sunday, September 28,
that the 32 Kurdish fighters would stay in Germany until October 3 to
receive weapons' training. |
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 Germany plan calls for arming 10,000 Kurdish fighters |
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Germany
also began delivering arms to the Kurds in northern Iraq on Thursday,
dispatching a shipment of 50 hand-held anti-tank weapons, 520 G3 rifles
and 20 machine guns.
In total, the German plan calls for arming 10,000 Kurdish fighters with some 70 million euros ($90 million) worth of equipment. Germany is also sending some 40 paratroopers to help train the fighters on the weapons. |
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