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| Canadian military plane detained in Iraq; defence department says | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 11 15, 4:13 (589 Views) | |
| Jim M | Nov 11 15, 4:13 Post #1 |
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(The reason it was detained was because it was headed for the KRG. Canada was lucky they didn't just confiscate everything on the plane. I guess the Baghdad government didn't want it.) Canadian military plane detained in Iraq for several days, defence department says OTTAWA - The Defence Department says a CC-130 Hercules — flying to Hewlêr, Iraq, in support of Operation Impact — was held by authorities at Baghdad International Airport for several days late last month. Department of National Defence spokeswoman Dominique Tessier said Monday in an email that the plane was held due to an issue with customs documentation with respect to its cargo. Tessier said the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of Foreign Affairs worked with Iraqi authorities to resolve the situation and the aircraft returned to Kuwait. She said the aircraft was at Baghdad International Airport between Oct. 28 and 31. Tessier said no equipment or cargo was confiscated by Iraqi authorities, but declined to disclose what the plane was carrying other than to say it originated from Canada. An Ottawa Citizen report says the cargo was weapons destined for Canadian special forces in Kurdistan. "In order to ensure the safety of our operations, we cannot disclose the content, the destination or the specific Canadian intended users of the shipment," Tessier said when asked if it was transporting weapons. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-military-plane-detained-iraq-several-days-defence-005236649.html |
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Kurdish Wisdom of War Proverbs: "Deal with your friends as if they will become your enemies tomorrow, and deal with your enemies as if they will become your friends tomorrow." "Those away from the battlefield boast about their swords." "Those who do not go to war roar like a lion." "Everything is pardoned the brave." "Whoever digs a pit for his enemy should dig it his own size." "A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many." | |
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| ALAN | Nov 11 15, 4:25 Post #2 |
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I think it was sent back to Kuwait, solve the issue send it directly to Hawler.... KRG needs to hurry the hell up and get its airspace organised!
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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