Sources within Iraq have advised Mana News that New Zealand Army’s 1NZSAS is already has special forces on the ground in Iraq. The deployment being sold as training but will more likely be troops embedded with Iraqi units as military advisers. The Troops are believed to be in the vicinity of Bagram airbase or in Baghdad.

Mana News is wanting to know why the Defence minister Gerry Brownlee hasn’t been more upfront with the public. New Zealand is now in a defacto state of war and the public weren’t advised. Our source in Iraq said earlier today “The kiwi’s are here alright”