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Royal Canadian Air Force ground crew perform post flight checks on a CF-18 fighter jet in Kuwait after a sortie over Iraq during Operation IMPACT on November 3, 2014. Photo: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, DND IS2014-5026-03
Royal Canadian Air Force ground crew perform post flight checks on a CF-18 fighter jet in Kuwait after a sortie over Iraq during Operation IMPACT on November 3, 2014. Photo: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, DND IS2014-5026-03
(Canadian Forces Combat Camera/Canadian Forces Combat Camera, D)

Nine strikes in 50 days: Canadian military defends Iraq bombing record

Steven Chase

Ottawa — The Globe and Mail

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The Canadian military is defending its record in the Iraq air combat mission where after nearly 50 days of operations this country’s CF-18 fighters have bombed Islamic State targets just nine times.

Colonel Daniel Constable says Canadians should look at the overall results achieved by the U.S.-led coalition attacking the militants and making it easier for local Iraqi forces to beat back the jihadists. The extremist group is also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).