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Defence Minister Nicholson said two Canadian fighter jets dropped four bombs yesterday on an Islamic State position outside Kirkuk, Iraq. Nicholson claimed that the strike, which is Canada’s fourth so far in the air campaign against the terror group, helped to extend the buffer area between Iraqi and Islamic State forces.

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