Canadian Forces Fight IS in Iraq

Canadian special forces have engaged with Islamic State fighters in ground combat in Iraq, in what their commander says was the first time they had taken and returned fire. Brigadier-General Michael Rouleau, commander of the special forces, said Monday the engagement took place in the past week, when the Canadian soldiers, who had been training Iraqi forces, took them to the front line "to visualize" what they had been discussing. Rouleau said his forces came under...

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