Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09OTTAWA488
2009-06-24 15:55:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADA: DUTY OF CARE, ROE'S FOR CIVILIANS ASSIGNED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000488
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/A - T. REOTT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/24/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
SUBJECT: CANADA: DUTY OF CARE, ROE'S FOR CIVILIANS ASSIGNED
TO U.S. UNITS IN AFGHANISTAN
Classified By: A/PolMinCouns Kurt van der Walde,
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000488
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/A - T. REOTT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/24/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
SUBJECT: CANADA: DUTY OF CARE, ROE'S FOR CIVILIANS ASSIGNED
TO U.S. UNITS IN AFGHANISTAN
Classified By: A/PolMinCouns Kurt van der Walde,
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (U) This is an action request -- see para 5.
2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Deputy Director for
Counterinsurgency and Security Niall Cronin made an urgent
request to pol/mil officer on June 23 for information on U.S.
"duty of care and rules of engagement" with respect to
civilians working with and among military operators in
Afghanistan. DFAIT needs relevant information from the U.S.
as soon as possible, he stressed, because it plans to deploy
a civilian liaison officer to the U.S. Stryker Brigade in
Regional Command - South (RC-S) in August, and is considering
additional assignments of civilian officers to District
Stabilization Teams in Spin Boldak and Shah Wali Kot near
Kandahar.
3. (C) DFAIT must understand the "protection and life
support" Canadians assigned to U.S. military entities should
expect from the U.S., and what Canada would be expected to
provide, before these personnel deploy, Cronin said. Cronin
specified that, in particular, he would appreciate
information regarding mobility and movement, access to
classified and unclassified communications, force protection,
post critical incident evacuation, and whether U.S. military
rules of engagement would be modified when U.S. or Canadian
civilians participate in missions.
4. (C) Cronin said that most of the information he seeks
would have been developed over years of U.S. military and
civilian cooperation in Afghanistan, but noted that DFAIT
needs access to it to satisfy senior officials that Canadian
personnel deployed to work among U.S. forces will have the
tools, access, and protection required to succeed in their
missions. Getting answers to these questions NOW will hasten
DFAIT's ability to deploy additional personnel to work
alongside U.S. military teams NOW arriving in Kandahar, he
emphasized.
5. (C) Action request: Embassy requests Department respond
to this request for information on rules of engagement,
mobility, communications access, force protection, and
post-incident evacuation as soon as possible.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/A - T. REOTT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/24/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
SUBJECT: CANADA: DUTY OF CARE, ROE'S FOR CIVILIANS ASSIGNED
TO U.S. UNITS IN AFGHANISTAN
Classified By: A/PolMinCouns Kurt van der Walde,
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (U) This is an action request -- see para 5.
2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Deputy Director for
Counterinsurgency and Security Niall Cronin made an urgent
request to pol/mil officer on June 23 for information on U.S.
"duty of care and rules of engagement" with respect to
civilians working with and among military operators in
Afghanistan. DFAIT needs relevant information from the U.S.
as soon as possible, he stressed, because it plans to deploy
a civilian liaison officer to the U.S. Stryker Brigade in
Regional Command - South (RC-S) in August, and is considering
additional assignments of civilian officers to District
Stabilization Teams in Spin Boldak and Shah Wali Kot near
Kandahar.
3. (C) DFAIT must understand the "protection and life
support" Canadians assigned to U.S. military entities should
expect from the U.S., and what Canada would be expected to
provide, before these personnel deploy, Cronin said. Cronin
specified that, in particular, he would appreciate
information regarding mobility and movement, access to
classified and unclassified communications, force protection,
post critical incident evacuation, and whether U.S. military
rules of engagement would be modified when U.S. or Canadian
civilians participate in missions.
4. (C) Cronin said that most of the information he seeks
would have been developed over years of U.S. military and
civilian cooperation in Afghanistan, but noted that DFAIT
needs access to it to satisfy senior officials that Canadian
personnel deployed to work among U.S. forces will have the
tools, access, and protection required to succeed in their
missions. Getting answers to these questions NOW will hasten
DFAIT's ability to deploy additional personnel to work
alongside U.S. military teams NOW arriving in Kandahar, he
emphasized.
5. (C) Action request: Embassy requests Department respond
to this request for information on rules of engagement,
mobility, communications access, force protection, and
post-incident evacuation as soon as possible.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
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