Talk:Canada and the Iraq War
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[edit] Rewrite Needed
Information in this article is untrue! Canada has sent JTF2, and a small number of other troops to Iraq. Im in the process of re-writing this article now ~~user:samr
- As far as I know, JTF2 was only in Iraq as part of the CPT hostage rescue operation. See also Multinational_force_in_Iraq#Fewer_than_100_soldiers. heqs 18:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
No, they have been there for quite some time. It is hard to get exact information on JTF2 since the government has a policy of not discussing them at all. However, if you look closely at a few speeches of former Minister of Defence Bill Graham, and a few conservative shadow member speeches they say they have been there for a while working with Delta Force and the SAS. Samr 00:04, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
- You'll have to be more specific than that. That may be too vague to be verifiable. heqs 02:52, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
- Well even if JTF-2 were sent, its black-ops stuff that cant be confirmed, so Canada still officially stayed out of the Iraq War.
This sentence: "In November 2003, the United States officially invited Canada to join the coalition, along with other allies." should read Nob\vember 2002, yes?
[edit] Rewritten
I have rewritten the article. I included all of the facts stated in the first article and more. I also formatted the article for better clarity and added headings to include a TOC.
Thoughtstipated 00:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Needs mention made of the 32 US troops who "defected" to Canada, protesting the war. Only name I know off-hand was Chris Teske, who first served two tours in Afghanistan, then left. Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 10:58, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Slander?
The article reads that Parrish and other politicians started slandering the United States government. Carolyn Parrish was outspoken on the issue, but I don't see, nor do I remember anything that constitutes slander. This should be removed I think or at least corrected. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.157.172.249 (talk) 19:31, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
