یەکەم هێزی هاۆپەیمانی کە دووچاری پێکدادان بۆیەوە لە بەرەکانی جەنگدا لەگەڵ هێزە توندرەوەکانی داعشدا هێزە سەربازیە کەنەدیەکان بوو. تائێستا هێزە هاوپەیمانیەکان بەگشتی تەنها رۆڵی مەشق پێکردنیان گردۆتە ئەستۆ و بەشداریکردنی شەڕی زەمینیان ڕانەگەیاندوە. گروپێکی هێزی تایبەتی کەنەدی کە یارمەتی هێزەکانی پێشمەرگەی دەدا لە هێلەکانی شەر لەسەر وردی پیکانی گورزە ئاسمانیەکان، بەرپەرچی هێرشی هێزە توندڕەوەکانیان دایەوە. پێکدادانەنکە هیچ قوربانی لێ نەکەوتەوە بەڵام ئەم ڕووداوە پرسیاری ئەوە دێنێتە پێشەوە کە ئایا ڕۆڵی هێزە زەمینییەکانی هاوپەیمانان چیە؟ ئایا ئەوە نیشانەی چۆنیەتی بەڕەنگاربوونەوەی دەوڵەتی ئیسلامییە؟ ئایا گۆڕانکارییەک ڕوو دەدات لە سیاسەتی بەڕەنگاربوونەوەی داعش بۆ ناردنی هێزی سەربازی؟
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Canadian forces took part in the first confirmed ground battle between Islamic State forces and Western State troops. Over the last year there has been a steady increase of military advisors and Special Forces units arriving in Iraq, but until now they have only been reported to have played a training, coordination and advisory role.
The gun battle occurred behind enemy lines where a group of Canadian Special Forces were coordinating with local Kurdish Peshmerga Forces, and assisting in the laser-guiding of precision air-strikes. The group then came under small-arms and mortar fire, to which they retaliated. There are no reports of any coalition casualties.
Canadian Special Forces Commander Brigadier-General Michael Rouleau stated to AFP that:
“My troops had completed a planning session with senior Iraqi leaders several kilometers behind the front lines, When they moved forward to confirm the planning at the front lines in order to visualize what they had discussed over a map, they came under immediate and effective mortar and machine gunfire.”
This will undoubtedly trigger a debate on ‘mission creep’, especially with the Obama administration adamant that there will be no boots on ground in either Syria or Iraq in a combat role. However, while this is the first public report of such an incident, it does not signal a shift towards combat operations for coalition forces. The combined international forces will maintain an active role in the conflict, and while this is the first reported incident of this type, it is not necessarily the first or last time that Special Forces units active in enemy territory will be engaged in fighting.
This incident does call into question the role of coalition forces on the ground. Conducting operations that should be undertaken by local ground forces signals the need for further military training from coalition partners. The US, Britain, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France and the Netherlands all have a military capacity in Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State.
This event raises the questions, what is the role of Coalition ground forces? Will this signal a new chapter in the way that Islamic State is combatted? Will there be a change in policy to international troop deployment?
This event raises the questions, what is the role of Coalition ground forces? Will this signal a new chapter in the way that Islamic State is combatted? Will there be a change in policy to international troop deployment?