Courtesy of DND Canadian special forces are shown in this photo helping Kurdish troops in northern Iraq. Courtesy of DND
National Post/Ottawa Citizen: Canadian special forces on the front lines with Kurds aiming to retake Iraqi city from ISIL, U.S. says
U.S. military officers say that Canadian special forces are on the front lines of a new offensive in Iraq to retake villages from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant east of Mosul.
The coalition troops were spotted with Kurdish forces as they prepared for battle on Sunday.
As many as 5,500 Kurdish troops are attempting to seize villages located about 20 km east of Mosul. Heavy fighting was reported Sunday.
Soldiers with the Canadian Special Operations Regiment from CFB Petawawa in the Ottawa Valley are in northern Iraq to train and advise the Kurds.
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Update: U.S.-led coalition troops seen near front line in new Iraq offensive (Reuters)
WNU Editor: Canadian forces are there to train and advise the Kurds .... not to engage with ISIS forces. Hmmm .... apparently the mandate has changed and no one has bothered to tell the Canadian public that it has changed.
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