article_snippet: When they returned, Peshmerga asked they to identify Peshmerga,' Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hekmat told The Associated Press. '
article_snippet: they answered in Arabic, that's when Peshmerga started shooting.
article_snippet: Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hekmat added that Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hekmat doesn't know why they were there. '
article_snippet: I consider it an improper action by the Canadians and illogical,' Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hekmat said.
article_snippet: Two Kurdish officials spoke on condition of anonymity as Two Kurdish officials were not authorized to brief journalists.
article_snippet: advising and assisting were sent to help train Kurdish fighters last September in a mission that was billed as noncombat with the elite troops working far behind the front lines .
article_snippet: It was caused by a failure of identification.