Erbil – “The battle against ISIS is not a battle of Kurdistan or Iraq alone, but rather a battle of the entire democratic world to preserve their freedom against those who menace it”, these were the words spoken by the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Claudio Graziano, to the Italian soldiers currently training the Peshmerga military in Erbil. “Training the peshmerga – continued the Chief of Defense – is crucial because as we have learned, in all security and peace missions, those in Lebanon and Afghanistan, only by training the local forces can we create the conditions to build stable institutions that can better address threats to democracy.” (9Colonne)
