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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 00:08 27/12/2007 Report: Turkey using drones in N. Iraq with help of Israeli crews By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel. Turkey, Heron, UAVs Personnel from Israel's Aerospace Industries are assisting the Turkish army in activating Israeli-made unmanned aircrafts 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. Ten days ago, Turkish television reported that Turkey had begun using the Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), which Israel leased to the Turkish army in a 2004 deal. The Turkish News Daily quoted a Turkish army source saying that because of a shipment delay on the part of Israeli companies, the Turkish Air Force has been prevented from acquiring crucial intelligence abilities. Advertisement Turkey has accused the Israeli companies of not following through with their end of the deal regarding the sale of the UAVs. According to the report, the Israeli companies have decided to supply Turkey with the UAVs as a temporary solution under a $10 million lease. In 2004, the Israeli Aerpspace Industries and Elbit Systems won a tender to supply Turkey with the Heron UAVs, a tactical drone that is already in operational use in the Israel Defense Forces, beating out competition from the United States and France. According to the deal, the Aerospace Industries was to supply the UAVs, while Elbit was to provide the ground stations and communications systems for the drone. The first shipment was initially set for October 2007, but has been postponed until the spring of 2008. A source in the Aersopace Industries said in response to the report that the delay is not the fault of the Industries, and vowed that it would fulfill all obligations to which it signed. Related articles: Israeli firms ink drone deal with Turkey Elbit Systems: Israeli-made drones in action in Iraq, Afghanistan South Korea chooses Israeli-made unmanned surveillance plane Bookmark to del.icio.us Who shot Bhutto? Conspiracy theories over the assassination of the Pakistani opposition leader abound. Obama and Israel Israelis following the U.S. elections are not clear on Obama's approach.   1.   opppps!! there goes the israheli/kurd alliance 20:35  |  observer 26/12/07   2.   #1, only Turkey gains from such false reporting 21:01  |  Jake 26/12/07   3.   Making new enemies. What did the kurds ever 21:15  |  L A 26/12/07   4.   messy world isn`t it?countries have no friends just selfinterests 21:15  |  ralph 26/12/07   5.   Sneakiness doesn`t come as easily for Turks as it does Israelis 21:39  |  Natallie Durson 26/12/07   6.   re #2 Jake. 22:29  |  Colin Wright 26/12/07   7.   Kurds getting the shaft 23:03  |  P Acel 26/12/07   8.   Delay caused by pressure from the S.Department,worried US firms 23:16  |  Absolute Sweden 26/12/07   9.   A few drones over Natanz, ...... maybe. 00:04  |  Stephen 27/12/07   10.   it is sad 00:40  |  peter42y 27/12/07   11.   Colin Wright 00:58  |  Jake 27/12/07   12.   Headline of article is misleading when one reads it. 01:16  |  chick 27/12/07   13.   #3 - Colin, let me clue you in on something 07:09  |  JES 27/12/07   14.   # 13 JES 17:40  |  Axel 27/12/07   15.   #14 Axel 18:57  |  Leb 27/12/07   16.   No Matter the Colors 02:36  |  joebhed 28/12/07   17.   Kurdistan and Israel 12:15  |  Mohamed 29/12/07

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