Temporary suspension of Canada-led NATO training mission ‘wise,’ say experts, as NDP calls for troops to come home

As tensions escalate in the Middle East, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was holed up in meetings in Ottawa with Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance, DND deputy minister Jody Thomas, and PCO Clerk Ian Shugart.

Maj.-Gen. Jennie Carignan, left, pictured on Nov. 26, 2019, taking over the command of the NATO Mission in Iraq from Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin at the Union III Military Base, in Baghdad, Iraq. Maj.-Gen. Carignan is currently leading NATO's mission in Iraq. Photograph courtesy of the Department of National Defence: Cpl. Ryan Moulton, 8 Wing Imaging

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BY NEIL MOSS, AIDAN CHAMANDY, PALAK MANGAT

January 7, 2020

Calls from the NDP for Canada to respect the wishes of the Iraqi Parliament and withdraw its troops from the country in the wake of U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian top general Qassem Soleimani and a number of top Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week are “premature,” say experts....

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