"OTTAWA: The United Arab Emirates is planning to send troops to Afghanistan to fight alongside Canadians, at Ottawa’s behest to put a “Muslim face” on the Nato-led coalition, media reported on Friday.
The Toronto Star, citing unnamed sources, said Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government had been urging the tiny Arab nation to contribute soldiers and equipment to help stabilize war-torn Afghanistan.
Canadian authorities were not immediately available to comment. If the report is accurate, the Afghanistan deployment is believed to be a first for an Arab nation and a diplomatic coup for Canada. The UAE was one of only three countries that recognised the hard-line Taliban government that took control of most of Afghanistan in 1996 and was forced out in a US-led invasion in late 2001. The Toronto daily said the UAE tactical force would be small and mostly symbolic, and serve under Canadian commanders in the field......."
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IS THE UAE GOING TO SEND TROOPS TO SERVE UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE IOF IN OCCUPYING THE WEST BANK AND JERUSALEM? DON'T LAUGH THAT DAY IS NOT FAR OFF.
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