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OTTAWA – Canada’s top soldier Gen. Jonathan Vance says a Canadian Forces hospital is now up and running in northern Iraq and ready to treat anyone who is brought to it — including ISIL fighters.
Canada promised the hospital in July in advance of the Iraqi military offensive to retake Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul.
But the hospital was still not in place when the attack on Mosul began last month and Canada blamed the Iraqi government for the delay.
Vance says the medical facility, which includes three surgeons, started operations in the last few days and will not deny medical support to anyone injured on the battlefield, including enemy combatants.
While that position is consistent with the Geneva Conventions, of which Canada has long been a signatory, it’s unlikely Canadian troops would receive the same treatment from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The extremist group has shown a blatant disregard for the rules of war and has routinely executed prisoners.
