Canada's National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the United States did not provide Canada with the details of its targeted U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani - despite the fact that Canada, an ally, has troops in the region.
In an interview Monday with CTV's Power Play host Evan Solomon, Sajjan said Canada was aware of "threats" made against its personnel. He also said that the U.S. had also indicated it would "take action."Canada is currently commanding a NATO mission in Iraq, which is aimed at building sustainable Iraqi defence and security institutions, according to aThe release adds that "up to 250 Canadian Armed Forces members" are a part of the mission.
"As a result of that our NATO mission in the region has been suspended and that puts all the NATO troops led by Canadians under great risk," Fraser said. "All this will be assessed. What we don't want to do is make knee-jerk reaction decisions that doesn't take everything into account."While the Canadian government has not yet said whether it supports Soleimani's killing, Sajjan told Solomon that Canada does support strikes as acts of deterrence.
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