NATO suspends Canadian-led training mission in Iraq

BRUSSELS -- NATO says it has suspended a training mission for soldiers in the Iraqi army in the wake of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

The military alliance said in a statement Saturday that even if the Canadian-led mission is to continue in the future, security concerns for its personnel were "paramount." Soleimani was the head of Iran's elite Quds Force and the mastermind of its regional security strategy. He was killed early Friday near the Baghdad international airport along with senior Iraqi militants in an airstrike ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump. The attack has caused regional tensions to soar and tested the U.S. alliance with Iraq.

"We continue to take all precautions necessary," NATO spokesman Dylan White said in a statement. "NATO's mission is continuing, but training activities are temporarily suspended,"RELATED IMAGES In this Sept. 18, 2016 photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran.

Keep our fellow service men and women safe, don’t drag them into this.. 34CER 9EG (former reservist)

Statement from the PM? Duck and cover we follow the direction of NATO as the CDN Defence Minsister is a joke. Leadership delegation, here, Liberal Team.

Ya think? Nobody will be safe for awhile now.

Smartest move NATO has made in a long, now get our boys back to Canada

Isnt it good for Canada canadians that we step back from covering realDonaldTrump shit ? Canada took lot of bullying from POTUS - why not shaping it's own future, character and prestige? canada

I like what Justin Trudeau had to say about this; “cricket sounds”

Did anyone text JustinTrudeau out in tofino

Your lede is unbelievable: “Rising security risks posed by the death of a prominent Iranian general...”. The death? How about assassination? What the hell?!

It’s either the teachers or the students, but they gotta look into this “ training” after this long in Iraqi and the “ training” continues 🤣

Seems to me that if the mandate is to prevent the reemergence of Islamic extremists groups now is when we need to be there most

Probably a good idea to suspend it.

Welcome back ISIS - thanks IMPOTUS.

If the USA had done nothing and Soleimani had been allowed to conduct further attacks against Americans and allies, the USA and Trump would have been blamed for doing nothing to stop them.

War

That man is a reason we had the Boston bomber that man is a reason that we had Omar Mateen the Florida state shooter that man is a reason we had another shooting recently added Air Force Base It’s their technology the voice of Allah telling them what to do.

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