‘To any reasonable Canadian this would seem like a combat role,’ says Liberal MP
The Canadian Forces command staff argue that while Royal Canadian Air Force pilots bombing ISIL targets and combatants are in a 'combat operation,' soldiers on the ground who are supporting them through targeting operations, while several times engaging ISIL fighters with gunfire, are not.
PARLIAMENT HILL—The Canadian Armed Forces has acknowledged its soldiers in Iraq have the authority to accompany and assist Iraqi security forces as the Iraqis are “preparing to engage in combat” with Islamic state combatants in Iraq and that the Canadian troops also have the authority to “ta...
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