Hostages rescued

Good news: the 2 Canadians and 1 Brit held hostage for months now have been rescued by coalition forces. Update: The RCMP were involved somehow, and possibly Canadian special forces (JTF2). Nice to see a proactive approach for once.

Harper refused to say whether JTF2 is operating in Iraq, citing national security. However, he did say it should come as no surprise that Canadian troops are in Iraq. "There have been a small number of Canadian military personnel embedded in American and allied units. That's been the case since the beginning of the war. Nothing has changed on that front," he said. The prime minister said he didn't know exactly when the raid would happen, but did have some indication days ago that it was in the works.