CIA Directly Arming Kurds

https://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2014/08/11/cia-kurds-weapons-iraq/

CIA Program in Iraqi Kurdistan

https://www.democracynow.org/1996/9/17/cia_program_in_iraqi_kurdistan

CIA Agents Were On The Ground Before We Invaded Iraq

https://taskandpurpose.com/cia-iraq-invasion

"[Kurds] have often been used as a base for intelligence operations for the CIA and Mossad."

https://rockthetruth2.blogspot.com/2013/08/kurds-battle-al-cia-duh-in-syria.html