Attacks on CF in Canada
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- Andrew Doiron, R.I.P. “Iraqi PM: Baghdad to Investigate Canadian “Friendly Fire” Incident”
- “Canada Won’t Add Extra Special Forces Soldiers to Iraq Mission: Kenney”
- “A Rare Interview with a Canadian Commander Fighting the Islamic State”
- “CF-18s drop bombs in three strike missions against the Islamic State” – “Military airstrikes continue against ISIL in Syria and Iraq”
- “Kenney tweets misleading photos of Muslim women in chains — Defence Minister Jason Kenney used the occasion of International Women’s Day to rally support for the war against ISIS by tweeting photographs of Muslim girls and women covered in black and being led off in chains ….”
- Commentary “Do we have a strategy in Iraq?” – “Government needs to clarify Iraq mission”
- Iraq Situation Report: March 10-11, 2015
- “Islamic State Retaliates in Ramadi”
- “International Coalition Aircraft Drop Leaflets Over Mosul”
- “Hundreds of IS Families Flee to Mosul Fearing Peshmerga Advance”
- More on Canada’s Operation IMPACT here, and on news from around that part of the world here (list of links) and here (Twitter list)
Internal Security
- “Canadian imams issue fatwa against ISIS — A group of Canadian imams and religious scholars issued a religious edict against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group Wednesday ….” – “Historic Islamic Edict (Fatwa) on Joining ISIS/ISIL” (Islamic Supreme Council of Canada)
- “Canadian police say man on high-risk watch list fled country — Mohamed El Shaer is one of about 90 high-risk travelers the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been watching because of what it says are their ties to foreign fighters or terrorist groups. He left Canada without a valid passport after being released from jail in mid-January, the RCMP said ….” – Mohamed El Shaer via Google News
- “Jahanzeb Malik accused of plan to blow up U.S. Consulate in Toronto” – “Canada alleges Pakistani man plotted Toronto attacks” – more
- “Jury deliberating in Via train terror plot” – “5 wiretap excerpts heard at Via terror trial” – “The strange non-defence of Chiheb Esseghaier” – “Clownish misfits should not distract from real threat of terrorism”
- Commentary “A pigeon in hawk’s feathers: Harper on security”
Ukraine
- From the UKR military info-machine “Canadian Government to support Ukraine — Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Vashchuk paid a visit to Military Medical Clinical Center of Western Region. Roman Vashchuk stressed the Canadian Government and community would continue to provide assistance to Ukrainians. He toured the medical establishment, discussed problems of logistic support and defined the medical needs within the tasks accomplished by medical specialists in east of Ukraine. The guests met also with patients and visited the psycho-emotional relaxation room ….”
- ATO map, 12 Mar 2015 (UKR govt, in English)
- “Illegal armed formations perform attacks against Ukrainian positions” – “Kiev pulls back just 80% of heavy weapons — LPR leader” – “Ukraine begins combat training near engagement line — Donetsk Republic” – “Kiev used barrier squads to prevent troops from retreating: E. Ukraine militia” – “Kiev’s failure to adopt Donbas resolution by March 4 may mean attack preparations”
- “Morozova: There are about 2 thousands captive militias and political prisoners in the list of the DPR”
- “Mobilization: second phase of fourth wave of mobilization in Lviv oblast” – “Operational coordination of the 56th DHU in Lviv oblast” – “Ukrainian basketball-player Oleg Tereshchenko moved to Russia to avoid mobilization.”
- “Luhansk. Russian Terrorists Hide Tanks from OSCE in “Transpele” Warehouse” – “How Many Tanks Does the August Terrorist Battalion Have?” – “NATO: new tank columns still come from Russia to the Donbas” – “Up to 33 thousand Russian mercenaries fight alongside “DPR”, “LPR” “ – “Military trainings have begun in the DPR”
- “President: International (U.N.) peacekeeping mission will help achieve sustainable peace in Donbas”
- “(UKR) President: Efficient coordination of actions is required to cease violations of human rights in Crimea and return the peninsula to Ukraine” – “How a fog of war, blowing from Moscow, clouded the truth in Crimea”
- “Russia to send two more humanitarian convoys to Donbas” – “The law-in-draft of urgent support measures for population of the South-East of Ukraine was introduced a bill in the (RUS) State Duma” – “Pharmaceutical production is being launched in the Lugansk People’s Republic”
- More of the latest from Ukraine here and here
Ebola
- “Military medical team arrives home from inaugural Ebola mission”
- More on Canada’s Op SIRONA here, and news on Ebola here and here
Veterans & Helping Veterans
- VAC Minister Re-announces New Retirement Income Security Benefit
- “PTSD study making world of difference for Regina man”
- Commentary “Canada does the right thing for wounded veterans” – “Soldiers deserve compassion”
Other
- Stuart Langridge, R.I.P. “Military cops guilty of ‘wrongdoing and incompetence’ in Langridge case: Kenney”
- “Defence Minister and Chancellor of the Royal Military College Announces Appointment to Board of Governors”
- “First ‘made in Canada’ F-model Chinook flight engineer earns his wings”
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