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Source: http://www.trust.org/item/20140908172636-ijqay/
Israel Providing Intelligence on Islamic State
(Reuters) Dan Williams - Israel has provided satellite imagery and other intelligence in support of the U.S.-led aerial campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq, a Western diplomat said on Monday. Once "scrubbed" of evidence of its Israeli origin, the information has often been shared by Washington with Arab and Turkish allies, the diplomat said. The Western diplomat said Israeli spy satellites, overflying Iraq at angles and frequencies unavailable from U.S. satellites, had provided images that allowed the Pentagon to "fill out its information and get better battle damage assessments" after strikes on Islamic State targets. Israel had also shared information gleaned from international travel databases about Western citizens suspected of joining the insurgents. "The Israelis are very good with passenger data and with analyzing social media in Arabic to get a better idea of who these people are," the diplomat said.