Big stretch to say forces aren’t in combat

Our special forces are in armed fights with Daesh, although they don’t have a mandate to do so.

Major-General Mike Rouleau, commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, pictured in April 2015. Canadian troops are not involved in 'offensive combat operations,' he said last week.Philip Carter photograph courtesy of U.S. Air Force

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

November 23, 2016

OTTAWA—Last week, the Canadian military told reporters that our special forces operatives in northern Iraq have been involved in numerous firefights in recent weeks with the Daesh evildoers. After photos had appeared on Facebook showing Canadian soldiers firing anti-armour missiles on the front li...

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