Iraqis go missing from army training course

Two Iraqis went missing from a British Army training course a week before they were due to return to their war-torn homeland, the MoD said today.

The pair, a non-commissioned officer and a civilian interpreter, were on a day out at the end of a three-month course in Wales when they vanished.

Neither have been seen since last Saturday evening when they were on a “cultural visit” to Cardiff, an MoD spokesman said.

It is not known whether they escaped together as part of a pre-planned bid to stay in the UK and avoid going to back Iraq.

Both should have been at a passing out parade for Iraqi graduates at the Army’s Infantry Battle School, Dering Lines, Brecon, on Wednesday...

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