Mosul getting bloodier as Daesh mission extended

With atrocities mounting, Canada will have to decide what its soldiers are fighting for.
Two CH-146 Griffon helicopters take off from the flight line near Camp Érable, Iraq during Operation IMPACT on February 20, 2017.
OTTAWA—Last Friday, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan made the long-anticipated announcement that Canadian troops are extending their mission to battle Daesh evildoers (aka ISIS or ISIL). The official news release was a very craftily-worded document that attempts to weave through the complexity of t...

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