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2005-04-27 Iraq-Jordan

U.S. troops may have killed Canadian in Iraq: reports

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Posted by seafarious 2005-04-27 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's a pretty sure thing he was a "bad guy" if he is dead. If Canadians get all bent out of shape TFB. Who in their right mind goes to Iraq currently to play tourist? If he didn't have a job there he shouldn't have been there. If he got killed there then he was likely up to no good there. Maybe if they had sent some troups and supported a just war he might still be alive and in Canada making plots to blow up some government building.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-27 12:10:41 AM|| 2005-04-27 12:10:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Ali Alwan. Yep, got maple syrup flowing in his Canuck veins. Yewbetcha.

Posted by .com 2005-04-27 1:28:01 AM|| 2005-04-27 1:28:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Oops. Make that "had" - past tense. Sorry.

Posted by .com 2005-04-27 1:28:51 AM|| 2005-04-27 1:28:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yea with a name like that you can be assured he was from an early Hudsons Bay fur trading family stock.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-27 4:10:42 AM|| 2005-04-27 4:10:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 how about billing his family for the ammo used, dammit

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-27 8:06:54 AM|| 2005-04-27 8:06:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Okay, there's a chance this guy was a contractor or translator.

Maybe not a big chance, but .... needs an investigation.

Posted by too true 2005-04-27 8:51:03 AM|| 2005-04-27 8:51:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 More details, facts are lacking:
Conflicting details are emerging as Foreign Affairs investigates whether a Canadian in Iraq was killed by American forces. Despite a statement from Foreign Affairs saying that an unidentified Canadian died Saturday, the U.S. Defence Department had a conflicting report.
Capt. Patricia Brewer told the Toronto Star's Washington bureau that "no civilians" were shot by American forces in Iraq on Saturday. "There does not appear to be any U.S. involvement in this individual's death." She said the U.S. military had no information on the reported death. "There needs to be more research done on this at this point," she said. "The dates may need to be clarified or where in the country this happened because right now there are a lot of holes in the information we have been given."

On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Cloe Rodrigue said the unidentified Canadian died Saturday. Rodrigue added that the department is investigating the incident through its consular offices in Amman, Jordan. She would not confirm the circumstances. The Canadian Press reports that, according to a senior government source, there are reports that the U.S. military may have been involved.
The source said a man named Ali Alwan may have died after U.S. forces "tracked" a target using a helicopter gunship. "The family wants the government to investigate," the source told The Canadian Press. "They believe it was an attack by coalition forces."
The Star reported Wednesday that a Dr. Ali Alwan was listed as the director of Basra's Port Hospital in 2003 by the United Nations.
A Liberal MP responsible for Canadians abroad said the government is still investigating at this stage. "There are a number of conflicting reports as to how the individual was killed," said Dan McTeague, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "At this stage, we don't have details as to how he was killed. We are looking at all aspects of this case to arrive at some conclusion. ... We only have anecdotal information," he told The Canadian Press.

Posted by Steve 2005-04-27 10:19:52 AM|| 2005-04-27 10:19:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh great, now the Canadians will pull their troops out... Damn quagmire.

Posted by Capsu78 2005-04-27 11:30:24 AM|| 2005-04-27 11:30:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Dammit, we keep TELLING you, sew a Canadian flag on your backpack and have it prominently displayed at all times ! Otherwise, crap like this happens.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2005-04-27 11:47:43 AM|| 2005-04-27 11:47:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 "We don't need no bulletproof vest. We got a maple leaf!"

That's what happens when you have no hockey. They start to wander.

Posted by john 2005-04-27 1:09:24 PM|| 2005-04-27 1:09:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 hee hee John! You're a natural. Find the linker thing.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-27 7:24:45 PM|| 2005-04-27 7:24:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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