article_snippet: A Canadian special forces soldier was killed in a friendly fire incident after A Canadian special forces soldier and others ignored an order to stay in he and others car and showed up to the front line unannounced, Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hekmat said Sunday.
article_snippet: Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hekmat said a group of Canadian soldiers showed up unannounced Friday to the village of Bashiq, in Iraq's Nineveh province near the militant-held city of Mosul.
article_snippet: Three other Canadian soldiers were wounded in the incident and are in stable condition, Canadian Defense Minister Jason Kenney said.
article_snippet: Canada has 69 special forces soldiers with Kurdish peshmerga fighters in what Canada calls an advising and assisting role.
article_snippet: The fact that Canadian special forces have been training and assisting on the front lines and directing airstrikes has stirred controversy in the country, but Canadian Defense Minister Jason Kenney said the rules of engagement will remain the same.
article_snippet: There will be an inquiry,' Canadian Defense Minister Jason Kenney said.
article_snippet: So far, four other troops have been killed as part of The U.S.-led coalition, not counting Iraqi forces.
article_snippet: four other troops include a U.S. Marine presumed lost at sea in October, a Marine killed in a noncombat incident in Baghdad in October, a U.S. Air Force pilot killed in December when a U.S. Air Force pilot jet crashed in Jordan and a captive Jordanian pilot burned to death in a cage by The Islamic State group.