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Iraq
Canadian special forces involved in U.S. military team accused of killing ISIS innocent people human shields in Iraq, Syria in 2015
2023-01-05
In which the New York Times demonstrates a complete misunderstanding of who is responsible for harm done to civilians set up as human shields by terrorists.
[Shafaq News] Canadian Forces personnel were involved in a controversial U.S. military team that has been accused of killing scores of innocent people in Iraq and Syria.

But details about the Canadian special forces role in the team, code-named Talon Anvil, is still secret. One Canadian special forces soldier was part of the 20-member team in 2015 while other Canadian military personnel played a supporting role or were briefed on its activities, according to documents obtained by this newspaper as well as information provided by military sources.

In December 2021 the New York Times
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  I think there is a distance rule that negates accountability. For instance, if you green light a drone zap that kills a van load of from DC, it can’t be a war crime.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-01-05 12:57  

#3  The correct political narrative always trumps the annoying technicalities like the truth P2K!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-01-05 12:01  

#2  Under the conventions, its the party using the people as human shields that are in violation of human rights.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-01-05 06:21  

#1  As always, the globalists continue to hate the patriotic nature of the military members while they use the military itself for their globalist agenda. I saw a taste of the schizophrenic nature of it during the beat downs that retired military received during the Ottawa protests. Trudeau would have liked to use the military to arrest their vets. Does he want military personnel jailed for participating in his Syrian policy? If he can get away with it, probably yes.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-01-05 05:41  

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