Justin Trudeau says Canada will send more military trainers to Iraq
Canada will send more military trainers to Iraq to support local troops combatting the Islamic State group, but remains committed to pulling out its fighter jets from the campaign, the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced. In line with a campaign pledge, the newly elected Trudeau has vowed to bring home Canadian warplanes deployed in Iraq and Syria, without […]Canada will send more military trainers to Iraq to support local troops combatting the Islamic State group, but remains committed to pulling out its fighter jets from the campaign, the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced.
In line with a campaign pledge, the newly elected Trudeau has vowed to bring home Canadian warplanes deployed in Iraq and Syria, without setting a specific timeframe. “We will continue to do more than our share, including a military engagement, but especially in training rather than airstrikes,” he said on Tuesday. “I’ve committed repeatedly to my allies that we were going to do more on the training front and that means obviously more than just 69 trainers” currently on the ground in northern Iraq.
