Canada is facing an upcoming deadline to extend their military mission in Iraq, and that decision might be a lot more difficult after a weekend incident in which one Canadian soldier was killed, and three others wounded, in a “friendly fire” incident by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.
The events remain a matter of no small dispute, and suggestions that the “friendly fire” was anything but. Canada is denying all of the claims by Kurdish officials.
According to the Peshmerga, the Canadian troops showed up unannounced at the front line to “call if airstrikes.” The Peshmerga asked the Canadian troops to identify themselves.
“They answered in Arabic, that’s when Peshmerga started shooting. It was their fault,” insisted one of the spokesmen for the Peshmerga forces, who went on to condemn Canada’s action as “improper and illogical.”
Canadian officials say the troops were at the site of the shooting twice that day, and had agreed on signals for identification when they returned. “They got lit up by one guy for reasons that are unknown to us. Once he started shooting, some other fellows from the Kurds engaged,” was the official Canadian response.
I have to take the Kurds' word on this one. Canadian troops, who are in Iraq "solely on a short 6 month training mission" (according to PM Stephen Harper), have somehow managed to wander into combat areas four times so far.
The Canadian troops were suppose to be “trainers” who directed from behind, not a bunch of glory hounds up front and in full control.
Few years ago ,many US citizens overseas trying to distance themselves from their government actions were claiming to be Canadians.Now the government of Canada is acting very much like the US.What would the Canadians say they are?!
Canadians should not be there period. Now what's his face…oh ya… Harper ….will have bring them home…..but before we go, bomb the hell out of the lying two faced Turds…er ah…Kurds.
None of us care about any, and that is ANY, of these middle eastern twits.
Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper is following the US blindly to everywhere the Us leads her,even to the abyss.