Why go to Pakistan for training? How long has this been going on?
[Rudaw] Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...i has ordered the return of 500 soldiers who are receiving training in Pakistain because of tensions with India, the Iraqi defense ministry announced on Saturday.
Sudani "has ordered the return of a training regiment consisting of 500 officers and [other various] ranks belonging to the Second Regiment of the 66th Brigade in the Second Special Forces Division, currently in Pakistain under a prior training agreement, back to Iraq, due to the current situation in Pakistain," the ministry said in a statement.
It added that the move "comes out of concern for the safety of our heroic armed forces personnel."