Report: Turkey Using Drones in Northern Iraq with Help of Israeli Crews

[Ha'aretz] Yossi Melman - Personnel from Israel's Aerospace Industries are assisting the Turkish army in activating Israeli-made unmanned aircraft for use in military operations in Kurdish northern Iraq, Turkish sources were quoted as saying in a report to be published Thursday in the Turkish Daily News. Turkish television has reported that Turkey had begun using the Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) which Israel leased to the Turkish army in a 2004 deal.


2007-12-27 01:00:00

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