ISIS in Iraq: Canada to send special ops forces as advisers
Canada's next contribution to the fight against ISIS in Iraq will be "several dozen" members of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today — and CBC News has learned that includes special operations forces. The contingent of special operations forces will work closely with U.S. forces but remain under full command of Canada's […]Canada's next contribution to the fight against ISIS in Iraq will be "several dozen" members of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today — and CBC News has learned that includes special operations forces.
The contingent of special operations forces will work closely with U.S. forces but remain under full command of Canada's Chief of Defence Staff. The forces will come from the Special Operations Regiment. No specifics were available on what type of work they'd be doing, but Harper has said the Canadian Forces deployed to Iraq won't be involved in combat.
