Canada's planned $7m weapons shipment to Kurdish fighters stuck in limbo

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Canada's planned $7m weapons shipment to Kurdish fighters stuck in limbo
Jillian D'Amours
Canada's stalled arms shipments consists of $7.5m of so-called lethal aid and $12.2m of non-lethal aid (AFP)
Tuesday 24 April 2018 20:14 UTC

MONTREAL, Canada - The government of Canada says it is still figuring out what to do with more than $7 million of “lethal aid” destined for Iraq, after the arms shipment was frozen once the war against the Islamic State (IS) group ended.

The weapons were originally planned to be shipped to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, who have been allied with Canadian and other international forces engaged in the fight against IS, also known as ISIS or Daesh, in Iraq.

However, the country’s central government in Baghdad has refused to allow the shipment to go ahead, CBC News reported last month, over concerns the weapons could be used to bolster the Kurds’ push for independence.

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