Canadian soldier’s death shows current Iraq mission is one of combat, say NDP

Defence Minister Jason Kenney says that 'our soldiers are professional, among the best in the world. They have observed their mandate of assistance and advice to the Kurdish Peshmerga.'

PARLIAMENT HILL—The death of a Canadian special forces soldier who was mistakenly killed while returning from a night-time mission near enemy lines in northern Iraq is further evidence Canadian forces have gone beyond a non-combat limit set by a Commons motion that approved the Canadian op...

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