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Canada’s military mission in Iraq has turned deadly after Iraqi Kurdish troops fired on an approaching group of Canadian soldiers, killing one and wounding three others in a tragic mix-up.
They were part of the group of 69 Canadian special-operations soldiers who have been in northern Iraq since October to help train Kurdish and Iraqi forces in military tactics.
The military said the incident occurred around 3:50 p.m. Friday, Toronto time, when special operations forces were “mistakenly engaged by Iraqi Kurdish forces following their return to an observation post behind the front lines.”
Our formal withdrawal came in March of 2014 after 158 deaths, the first four of which were to friendly fire from a U.S. fighter jet piloted by Harry Schmidt who deliberately disobeyed orders to hold fire:
Canadians are now deployed to Iraq at the behest of the UN:
"On 4 November 2014, Canadian Air Force CF-18s successfully destroyed ISIL construction equipment using GBU-12 bombs. The construction equipment was being used to divert the Euphrates River to deny villages water, and to flood roads, diverting traffic to areas with IEDs.[283]
On 12 November 2014, Canadian jets destroyed ISIL artillery just outside the Northern Iraqi town of Baiji.[284] Airstrikes continued throughout December and into January 2015 totaling 28 strike missions.[285] It was then reported that Canadian special forces troops, which had been highlighting targets for airstrikes, had engaged in fighting after coming under attack.[285][286]
On 19 January 2015, Canadian special operations forces came under ISIL attack for the first time in Iraq over the last week, and returned sniper fire to “neutralize” the threat. Canadians are “enabling airstrikes from the ground,” meaning they are actively finding targets for jets flying overhead.[287]
On 29 January 2015, Canadian special forces in Iraq came under fire from ISIL forces, causing the Canadian troops to return fire, killing some ISIL militants.[288] On 6 March, a Canadian soldier was killed in a friendly fire incident by Kurdish forces while returning to an observation post.[166]"
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