Is The CIA Expanding It's Facilities In Iraq's Kurdistan?

Expansion Of ‘Secret’ CIA Post Suggests Closer U.S.-Kurd Ties -- Seattle Times/McClatchy News

Western contractors hired to expand the facility and a local intelligence official confirmed the construction project, which is visible from the main highway linking Irbil to Mosul, the city whose fall June 10 triggered the Islamic State’s sweep through northern and central Iraq.

IRBIL, Iraq — A supposedly secret but locally well-known CIA station on the outskirts of Irbil’s airport is undergoing rapid expansion as the United States considers its options in Iraq, where Sunni militants have seized control in many regions.

Western contractors hired to expand the facility and a local intelligence official confirmed the construction project, which is visible from the main highway linking Erbil to Mosul, the city whose fall June 10 triggered the Islamic State’s sweep through northern and central Iraq. Residents around the airport say they can hear daily what they suspect are U.S. drones taking off and landing at the facility.

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Update: CIA expanding facilities in Kurdistan? -- Hot Air

My Comment: If this report is true .... it tells me that the U.S. intelligence community has given up on Iraq and are now hedging their "bets" with the Kurds. Either way .... this is a seismic change in U.S. policy.