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[size=52]A Canadian political-military “scandal” related to the training of Iraqi fighters involved in “war crimes”[/size]
[size=45]11-25-2023
The Canadian channel “CBC” raised a political-military “scandal” in Canada, the sparks of which may affect Iraq, as it published information indicating that Canadian officers trained Iraqis near Mosul in 2018, and were involved in “war crimes.” Pointing out that the Canadian officers, despite their knowledge of this, did not deal with the issue, and prevented their colleagues from reporting or revealing it.[/size]
[size=45]According to the Canadian report translated by Shafaq News Agency, a Canadian soldier was the first to speak about the issue publicly, and pointed out that the Canadian Armed Forces not only trained suspected Iraqi war criminals in 2018, but also distributed to them Western-made weapons and protective equipment, It is believed to likely originate from US stockpiles.[/size]
[size=45]Torture and murder[/size]
[size=45]The report explained that the Canadian soldiers who were conducting training missions in Iraq at the time told their field officers that their Iraqi trainees, including many veterans who fought against ISIS, had video clips on their mobile phones indicating torture and extrajudicial killings. .[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out that these warnings and complaints from soldiers took three full years to reach senior military leaders in Ottawa.[/size]
[size=45]However, the report said that a recent investigation by the Canadian Military Police concluded that there was no error committed by anyone involved in those training missions, and that no one was held accountable, in connection with what the report described as a “flagrant error” that had repercussions. In accordance with international law.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted retired Sergeant Mike McInnis, who participated in the training mission and spoke publicly about the case for the first time, that all of this was a major effort to downplay the importance of the incident or cover up the involvement of the Canadian Forces in an ethical or legal dilemma as well.[/size]
[size=45]The report noted that McInnis wrote a memo to his superior officers after returning from a training mission in Iraq about five years ago to express his concerns and the concerns of his soldiers.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted him as saying, “We are training these Iraqi men and giving them small arms and personal protective equipment,” adding, “We spent a month making these people more efficient in what they were actually doing, and that what they were actually doing was committing war crimes.”[/size]
[size=45]However, McInnis indicated that he was not sure of the source of the weapons distributed to the Iraqi trainees, which he handed over to them at the end of the training course.[/size]
[size=45]“Shiite militias”[/size]
[size=45]The television channel quoted another Canadian soldier, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of being punished by having his military service compensation reduced, as saying that he confirms McInnis' story about how he handled the training mission.[/size]
[size=45]The report explained that in 2018, a Canadian force was sent to an American base in Qayyarah, near Mosul, as part of the US-led “Operation Inherent Resolve” to train Iraqi security forces as part of the international effort to achieve stability after defeating ISIS.[/size]
[size=45]The report continued that despite assurances from Canadian leaders at the time that no members of the “Shiite militias” were being trained, the two Canadian soldiers confirmed that many Iraqis in the first batch of trainees identified themselves as members of these military factions, which the report said “have a reputation for “Bad.”[/size]
[size=45]According to the testimonies of the two Canadian soldiers, there was “institutional and political indifference” on the part of Canadian officials.[/size]
[size=45]The report considered that the statements of the two soldiers, in addition to the testimonies of eyewitnesses, raise new worrying questions about the extent to which the trainees who worked with the Canadian soldiers were carefully examined by the American forces that ran the base, and whether the Iraqi trainees later committed more war crimes.[/size]
[size=45]Video documentation[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that Iraqi trainees showed videos on their cell phones showing off on the first day of training, while Canadian trainers were trying to determine the combat experience of the trainees.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted Sergeant McInnis as saying that an Iraqi trainee named “Wahid” approached him directly and showed him a video clip on his cell phone of what appeared to be an extrajudicial execution.[/size]
[size=45]McInnis said that the photo was “almost like a selfie, as this man was taking a selfie while there was a man hanging on what appeared to be the nozzle of a tank, or the pipe of something... The man was raised off the ground, as if he was being hanged.”[/size]
[size=45]According to McInnis, such horrific displays and talk were taking place throughout the training camp.[/size]
[size=45]When McInnis was asked whether the Canadian Forces had deliberately trained suspected war criminals, he responded without hesitation: “Absolutely.” There is no doubt in me.”[/size]
[size=45]McInnis pointed out that the videos that he and his fellow Canadian soldiers watched on the first day of training were very disturbing, explaining, “There are extremely brutal acts of violence. We see things like rape, murder, torture, executions, all of that stuff,” he said, adding that the trainees were “basically, bragging.”[/size]
[size=45]According to McInnis, the Canadian soldiers quickly began to feel concerned about the quality of the people they were training, adding that the soldiers were informed that the trainees would be part of a “broad security force,” which is essentially a military version of the police that helps stabilize areas by guarding roadblocks and other things. These are called fixed functions.[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that, in 2017, Human Rights Watch accused the Iraqi 16th Division, which was trained by the United States, of committing extrajudicial killings and other violations during the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS.[/size]
[size=45]The international coalition and American forces[/size]
[size=45]Even before the trainees crossed the camp gates, there were concerns about the backgrounds of some of the Iraqis who had been transferred to security forces.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted former Canadian Major General Danny Fortin, who was the Canadian commander of the NATO training mission (which was separate from the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve), as saying in a statement issued on Friday that the “NATO” training mission is separate from the US-led efforts, Stressing that NATO worked exclusively with institutions under the direct and effective control of the Government of Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]“It did not train Kurdish units or Shiite militia members,” Fortin said.[/size]
[size=45]According to Fortin, “no equipment, weapons, or support was provided for combat operations.” “I worked exclusively in Iraqi military schools, the National Defense University and military headquarters in the Baghdad area,” he said, adding that “those we trained were vetted.”[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted McInnis as indicating that the vetting process by the United States was not sufficient, adding that the trainees underwent biometric screening and their mobile phone SIM cards were searched for possible terrorist links.[/size]
[size=45]He added that the Canadian force continued to expect and hope that American officials would find these videos as evidence of involvement in war crimes, as long as they were examining the trainees' phone numbers.[/size]
[size=45]However, the report pointed out that the Canadian force only heard about one Iraqi trainee who was expelled from the course, after a possible connection to a terrorist group emerged.[/size]
[size=45]According to McInnis and the second soldier, who requested to remain anonymous, the response of the Canadian officers on the ground at that time was to tell their soldiers to avoid watching these videos, adding that these commanders later ordered that a training session on the laws of military conflict be added to the course, which sparked ridicule. By most Iraqi trainees.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted McInnis as saying that several weeks after he raised questions on behalf of his soldiers, he was returned home earlier than specified in the mission in December 2018, when his superiors told him that he was suffering from fatigue.[/size]
[size=45]He also pointed out that his military commander told him, “How dare you come here and tell us what is wrong with these things?” McInnis added that he was astonished, explaining, “I expected the chain of command to do something about this matter.”[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that McInnis was prevented from speaking to the media about what happened in Iraq while he was in military service, adding that McInnis requested to be transferred from his battalion and received a medical discharge from the army in October of this year.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted lawyer Paul Champ as saying that the soldiers in the field were performing their duty, but the people at the top of the chain of command were not doing so, adding, “I think it is troubling that the soldiers are directed to continue training these people,” adding that it is “very serious concerns if the army Al-Kindi trains individuals who know they have committed war crimes, or have reasonable grounds to believe they have committed war crimes, and then we provide them with weapons.”[/size]
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[size=52]A Canadian political-military “scandal” related to the training of Iraqi fighters involved in “war crimes”[/size]
[size=45]11-25-2023
The Canadian channel “CBC” raised a political-military “scandal” in Canada, the sparks of which may affect Iraq, as it published information indicating that Canadian officers trained Iraqis near Mosul in 2018, and were involved in “war crimes.” Pointing out that the Canadian officers, despite their knowledge of this, did not deal with the issue, and prevented their colleagues from reporting or revealing it.[/size]
[size=45]According to the Canadian report translated by Shafaq News Agency, a Canadian soldier was the first to speak about the issue publicly, and pointed out that the Canadian Armed Forces not only trained suspected Iraqi war criminals in 2018, but also distributed to them Western-made weapons and protective equipment, It is believed to likely originate from US stockpiles.[/size]
[size=45]Torture and murder[/size]
[size=45]The report explained that the Canadian soldiers who were conducting training missions in Iraq at the time told their field officers that their Iraqi trainees, including many veterans who fought against ISIS, had video clips on their mobile phones indicating torture and extrajudicial killings. .[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out that these warnings and complaints from soldiers took three full years to reach senior military leaders in Ottawa.[/size]
[size=45]However, the report said that a recent investigation by the Canadian Military Police concluded that there was no error committed by anyone involved in those training missions, and that no one was held accountable, in connection with what the report described as a “flagrant error” that had repercussions. In accordance with international law.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted retired Sergeant Mike McInnis, who participated in the training mission and spoke publicly about the case for the first time, that all of this was a major effort to downplay the importance of the incident or cover up the involvement of the Canadian Forces in an ethical or legal dilemma as well.[/size]
[size=45]The report noted that McInnis wrote a memo to his superior officers after returning from a training mission in Iraq about five years ago to express his concerns and the concerns of his soldiers.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted him as saying, “We are training these Iraqi men and giving them small arms and personal protective equipment,” adding, “We spent a month making these people more efficient in what they were actually doing, and that what they were actually doing was committing war crimes.”[/size]
[size=45]However, McInnis indicated that he was not sure of the source of the weapons distributed to the Iraqi trainees, which he handed over to them at the end of the training course.[/size]
[size=45]“Shiite militias”[/size]
[size=45]The television channel quoted another Canadian soldier, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of being punished by having his military service compensation reduced, as saying that he confirms McInnis' story about how he handled the training mission.[/size]
[size=45]The report explained that in 2018, a Canadian force was sent to an American base in Qayyarah, near Mosul, as part of the US-led “Operation Inherent Resolve” to train Iraqi security forces as part of the international effort to achieve stability after defeating ISIS.[/size]
[size=45]The report continued that despite assurances from Canadian leaders at the time that no members of the “Shiite militias” were being trained, the two Canadian soldiers confirmed that many Iraqis in the first batch of trainees identified themselves as members of these military factions, which the report said “have a reputation for “Bad.”[/size]
[size=45]According to the testimonies of the two Canadian soldiers, there was “institutional and political indifference” on the part of Canadian officials.[/size]
[size=45]The report considered that the statements of the two soldiers, in addition to the testimonies of eyewitnesses, raise new worrying questions about the extent to which the trainees who worked with the Canadian soldiers were carefully examined by the American forces that ran the base, and whether the Iraqi trainees later committed more war crimes.[/size]
[size=45]Video documentation[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that Iraqi trainees showed videos on their cell phones showing off on the first day of training, while Canadian trainers were trying to determine the combat experience of the trainees.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted Sergeant McInnis as saying that an Iraqi trainee named “Wahid” approached him directly and showed him a video clip on his cell phone of what appeared to be an extrajudicial execution.[/size]
[size=45]McInnis said that the photo was “almost like a selfie, as this man was taking a selfie while there was a man hanging on what appeared to be the nozzle of a tank, or the pipe of something... The man was raised off the ground, as if he was being hanged.”[/size]
[size=45]According to McInnis, such horrific displays and talk were taking place throughout the training camp.[/size]
[size=45]When McInnis was asked whether the Canadian Forces had deliberately trained suspected war criminals, he responded without hesitation: “Absolutely.” There is no doubt in me.”[/size]
[size=45]McInnis pointed out that the videos that he and his fellow Canadian soldiers watched on the first day of training were very disturbing, explaining, “There are extremely brutal acts of violence. We see things like rape, murder, torture, executions, all of that stuff,” he said, adding that the trainees were “basically, bragging.”[/size]
[size=45]According to McInnis, the Canadian soldiers quickly began to feel concerned about the quality of the people they were training, adding that the soldiers were informed that the trainees would be part of a “broad security force,” which is essentially a military version of the police that helps stabilize areas by guarding roadblocks and other things. These are called fixed functions.[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that, in 2017, Human Rights Watch accused the Iraqi 16th Division, which was trained by the United States, of committing extrajudicial killings and other violations during the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS.[/size]
[size=45]The international coalition and American forces[/size]
[size=45]Even before the trainees crossed the camp gates, there were concerns about the backgrounds of some of the Iraqis who had been transferred to security forces.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted former Canadian Major General Danny Fortin, who was the Canadian commander of the NATO training mission (which was separate from the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve), as saying in a statement issued on Friday that the “NATO” training mission is separate from the US-led efforts, Stressing that NATO worked exclusively with institutions under the direct and effective control of the Government of Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]“It did not train Kurdish units or Shiite militia members,” Fortin said.[/size]
[size=45]According to Fortin, “no equipment, weapons, or support was provided for combat operations.” “I worked exclusively in Iraqi military schools, the National Defense University and military headquarters in the Baghdad area,” he said, adding that “those we trained were vetted.”[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted McInnis as indicating that the vetting process by the United States was not sufficient, adding that the trainees underwent biometric screening and their mobile phone SIM cards were searched for possible terrorist links.[/size]
[size=45]He added that the Canadian force continued to expect and hope that American officials would find these videos as evidence of involvement in war crimes, as long as they were examining the trainees' phone numbers.[/size]
[size=45]However, the report pointed out that the Canadian force only heard about one Iraqi trainee who was expelled from the course, after a possible connection to a terrorist group emerged.[/size]
[size=45]According to McInnis and the second soldier, who requested to remain anonymous, the response of the Canadian officers on the ground at that time was to tell their soldiers to avoid watching these videos, adding that these commanders later ordered that a training session on the laws of military conflict be added to the course, which sparked ridicule. By most Iraqi trainees.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted McInnis as saying that several weeks after he raised questions on behalf of his soldiers, he was returned home earlier than specified in the mission in December 2018, when his superiors told him that he was suffering from fatigue.[/size]
[size=45]He also pointed out that his military commander told him, “How dare you come here and tell us what is wrong with these things?” McInnis added that he was astonished, explaining, “I expected the chain of command to do something about this matter.”[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that McInnis was prevented from speaking to the media about what happened in Iraq while he was in military service, adding that McInnis requested to be transferred from his battalion and received a medical discharge from the army in October of this year.[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted lawyer Paul Champ as saying that the soldiers in the field were performing their duty, but the people at the top of the chain of command were not doing so, adding, “I think it is troubling that the soldiers are directed to continue training these people,” adding that it is “very serious concerns if the army Al-Kindi trains individuals who know they have committed war crimes, or have reasonable grounds to believe they have committed war crimes, and then we provide them with weapons.”[/size]
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