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The Canadian military’s unusual views about what information should be protected for reasons of operational security is once again under scrutiny.

Recently, the Canadian Forces has been promoting to the media (and public) its mission in Iraq by highlighting the important role of its hospital and medical staff in Erbil.

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To show the value of the hospital, it released figures about the number of Canadian and coalition soldiers, in addition to Islamic State members, who have received medical attention at the facility since November.

But when Lee Berthiaume of the Canadian Press asked for more specifics about the 7 Canadians who were treated at the hospital, (Berthiaume didn’t want to know their names but he did ask for information about what they were treated for?), the military declined to release the information.

They cited privacy laws and operational security for refusing to make the information public.