- Israel has hundreds of intelligence agents in the Kurdish
areas of Northern Iraq believed to be involved in the collection of information
and monitoring of events in Iraq, Iran and Syria.
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- Israel is concerned the United States will not be successful
in stabilising Iraq after the transfer of sovereignty on June 30, and the
elections scheduled for January 2005.
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- Many of the agents in the region are believed to be Mossad
operatives investigating Iran's nuclear capabilities.
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- The source of the report is the well-connected and internationally
respected investigative journalist Seymour Hersh who has authored a report
for The New Yorker magazine.
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- Hersh broke the news in an interview with CNN on Sunday.
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- According to the veteran reporter Israel has been active
in recent months renewing previously long-standing associations with Iraq's
Kurdish community.
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