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"Iraqi Kurds say Canadian soldier killed after order ignored".
"IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Canadian special forces soldier was killed in a friendly fire incident after he and others ignored an order to stay in their car and showed up to the front line unannounced, a spokesman for Iraq's Kurdish forces said Sunday."
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"The death Friday of Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron marked Canada's first casualty as part of the U.S.-led coalition's war on the extremist Islamic State group. Canadian officials could not be immediately reached for comment Sunday on the peshmerga claim, though Canada's defense minister previously acknowledged Doiron's death came as a result of "a case of mistaken identity."
Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hekmat said a group of Canadian soldiers showed up unannounced Friday to the village of Bashiq, in Iraq's Nineveh province near the militant-held city of Mosul. The area had seen heavy fighting against Islamic State militants the previous day.
"When they returned, the peshmerga asked them to identify themselves," Hekmat told The Associated Press. "They answered in Arabic, that's when peshmerga started shooting."
Hekmat added that he doesn't know why the Canadians were there. "I consider it an improper action by the Canadians and illogical," he said."
"Canadian Defense Minister Jason Kenney"
"Kenney said the rules of engagement will remain the same.
Kenney said Doiron's death had "nothing to do with combat," saying it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of Kurdish fighters at night."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/08/iraq-canadian-soldier-killed/24602713/