CDN Iraqi Mission

From the G & M:
"Canada to send special operations personnel to Iraq"

Canada is deploying Canadian Armed Forces special operations personnel to Iraq as part of a U.S.-led 10-nation coalition to battle the spread of the Islamic State militia that’s wreaking havoc across that beleaguered country. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government will deploy “several dozen” military advisers to Iraq to provide strategic and tactical help for the Baghdad government as it battles the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).  The “core coalition” of countries formed by the U.S. will focus on assisting Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic state and will not dispatching troops to enter in combat with ISIL. Mr. Harper made the announcement at a NATO summit near Cardiff, Wales, where alliance leaders gathered to discuss how to beat back the threat posed by the Islamic state, which has cut a swathe of destruction from Syria to Iraq. “The fanaticism of the ISIL terrorist group is a real threat to regional security and millions of innocent people in Iraq, Syria and beyond,” Mr. Harper said in a statement. “Left unchecked, ISIL is also a direct threat to Canada and its allies. [This] deployment ... is a concrete measure to deter the murderous rampage of ISIL and respond to the humanitarian crisis it has caused,” Mr. Harper said. The initial deployment will be for a period of up to 30 days. It will be reassessed after that time, Canada said. The Canadian government said opposition leaders are being briefed on this decision and that a special meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development will be convened at the earliest opportunity in order for the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and National Defence to provide information to Members of Parliament. In August, Canada dispatched heavy lift planes to assist in the delivery of critical military supplies from contributing allies to forces fighting ISIL. In the last few days Ottawa has contributed $10-million in non-lethal military equipment to security forces combatting ISIL as well as $5-million to support regional efforts to limit the move of foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria. It’s also distributed a second round of relief supplies to aid those affected in Iraq as well as $5-million for emergency shelters and relief equipment as well as $2-million for urgent care services in the region.

^ If Canada and other countries had first helped us in Iraq in 2003 then maybe ISIS wouldn't be as powerful as it currently is (especially in Iraq.) Those that say the 2nd Iraq War caused ISIS need to remember that ISIS came out of Syria. ^

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-to-send-advisers-to-assist-coalition-battling-islamic-state/article20359102/