article_snippet: Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian special forces the Canadian special forces was killed Friday in Iraq.
article_snippet: Kurdish peshmerga forces claim to have accidentally killed Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian special forces in a friendly fires incident, after mistaking Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian special forces for an Islamic militant .
article_snippet: Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian special forces marked Canada's first casualty as part of the U.S.-led coalition's war on the extremist Islamic State group.
article_snippet: Canadian officials could not be immediately reached for comment Sunday on the peshmerga claim, though Canada's defense minister previously acknowledged Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian special forces's death came as a result of 'a case of mistaken identity.'
article_snippet: Two Kurdish officials later told the AP that Doiron's body was flown to Canada early Sunday following a military ceremony at Irbil International Airport.
article_snippet: Canada's defense department on Saturday announced the death of Doiron, a soldier in the Canadian Special Operations Regiment based at Garrison Petawawa, Ontario.
article_snippet: Sgt Doiron and other soldiers were shot when Sgt Doiron and other soldiers unexpectedly showed up at the front line in Bashiq, Iraq on Friday.
article_snippet: Canadian Defense Minister Jason Kenney said Doiron's death had 'nothing to do with combat,' saying Doiron's death was a case of mistaken identity on the part of Kurdish fighters at night. '
highlights_snippet: Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian special forces killed Friday .
  
highlights_snippet: Kurdish peshmerga fighters mistakenly thought Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian special forces and comrades were Islamic militants .
  