ISIS Attacks: Canadian Forces Attacks in Northern Iraq Against ISIS

Canadian troops hit back against ISIS attack in northern Iraq

Canadian and came to participate in a counterattack Thursday night where weigh government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when to withdraw the six CF-18S from the fighting.A unit of Canada's elite forces were thrown into a day-long battle along with Kurdish peshmerga fighters as the biggest attack in Iraq and the Islamic State began since the arrival of Western forces in the region 18 months ago.A three-dimensional attack, in which hundreds of extremists, took place along a broad front in the sector, to the northwest of the Kurdish capital Arbil, where Canadian special forces have been training local forces.

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In general, the surprise attack involved five locations - Nawaran, Bashiqa, Black Hill, Khazr and Zardik - according to reports by local media.A statement issued by the Security Council used the Kurdistan region "a car bomb and mortar shells and rockets" to open each Wednesday's attack and were being pursued by the Islamic State fighters. In one area - the extremists blew nine car bombs, according to local reports - Nawaran.

Canadian special forces trainers put down the fire support in a backup copy of the Kurds because it has a counter-attack on Thursday."They came under fire and was effectively our men close enough and able to respond with fire to those of similar positions," said Maj.-Gen. Charles Lamar at a news conference hastily called Thursday night.There are 69 Canadian trained special forces on the ground and the incident will be possible to re-ignite the debate about whether the troops involved in the fighting.Lamar took pains not distinguish the fighting, which involved Canadians as the "fighting", but sometimes there is no choice but to open fire."Our men are always ready for it a dangerous environment and they need only to defend themselves, but with the forces that are training and assistance," he said.
Last winter was the issue of what constitutes a "fighter," the subject of intense public debate after it became clear Canadian trainers regular visits fixed to the front to a large extent and exchanged fire with militants ISIS, and helped guide the Kurdish forces in air strikes. Questions only become more pronounced when Sgt. Andrew Doiron was killed in a friendly fire incident March.Lamar also confirmed that two Canadian CF-18S and air strikes near the occupied city of Mosul, the second largest city in the country. The warplanes strike was on a mission when they were called to eject the ISIS combat mode, which supported extremist attack.According to US media reports the American, British and French planes also flew raids as a multi-axes offensive against the Kurds lasted for more than 17 hours.The size and scope of the attack seems to have taken both the Kurds and the coalition led by the United States by surprise, especially at a time when US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said of the means of Irbil in the Kurdish media, which plans to retake the Mosul going well.He painted an optimistic picture, saying that intensive attack ISIS proven to people in Arbil that extremists can and will strike them, but showed the effectiveness of the Peshmerga in repelling the attack through.Lamar asked why, with all of the high-tech, Western reconnaissance aircraft without a pilot and spy planes - including the Canadian CP-140 Aurora - had not spotted the attack at the stage of building."I do not have all the details yet of how to place the occurrence of this event in terms of intelligence aspects," he said. "But there was enough warning for them to be able to respond to it. However, however, there was the element of surprise was ISIL able to bring to it."Islamic State attacks have ushered in Paris and Lebanon last month, a major shift in strategy to a terrorist group. Lamar will not speculate on whether a major offensive indicates a new phase of the war.The participation in the fighting, a Canadian neo-liberal government is actively considering when to withdraw the six CF-18S from the fighting and how to strengthen the ground training of local forces on behalf of the task.Lamar will not speculate on the timing of the withdrawal of military aircraft - or how the battle might affect the government's view.Defense Secretary Harjit Sajjan issued a statement Thursday evening, commends the troops to respond to "a coordinated attack.""These actions demonstrate the valuable contribution being made by our troops and the (Kurdish security forces) and the fight against ISIL" he said.