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   From: @MSNBC   
      
   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday appeared to   
   cast blame on President Trump and the US for the downing by Iran   
   of a Ukrainian jetliner that was allowed to take off from Tehran   
   following an Iranian airstrike on US troops in Iraq just hours   
   earlier.   
      
   “I think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation   
   recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home   
   with their families,” Trudeau told Global News television.   
      
   All 176 people – including 57 Canadians — aboard Ukraine   
   International Airlines Flight 752 were killed when the   
   Revolutionary Guard mistakenly fired a missile at the Boeing 737   
   just after takeoff from Tehran.   
      
   “This is something that happens when you have conflict and war.   
   Innocents bear the brunt of it and it is a reminder why all of   
   us need to work so hard on de-escalation, moving forward to   
   reduce tensions and find a pathway that doesn’t involve further   
   conflict and killing,” Trudeau continued, appearing to reference   
   Trump’s order of a drone strike that killed Revolutionary Guard   
   Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on Jan. 2.   
      
   His remarks come ahead of a meeting being hosted by Canada on   
   Thursday in London in which members of the International   
   Coordination and Response Group plan to look at ways to demand   
   justice.   
      
   Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said Monday that Iranian   
   officials have invited it to participate in analysis of the   
   voice and flight data recorders.   
      
   “I think full admission, acknowledgment of responsibility and   
   some form of compensation is going to have to come,” said   
   Trudeau, who has faced questions about whether he believes Trump   
   bears some responsibility for disaster.   
      
   The shootdown came just hours after Iran launched ballistic   
   missiles at two bases housing US troops in response to Trump’s   
   order to kill the revered Iranian general, who commanded the   
   elite Quds Force and led Iran’s campaign to expand influence   
   across the Middle East.   
      
   The Canadian leader said he has spoken to Trump about the doomed   
   flight.   
      
   “I’ve talked about the tremendous grief and loss that Canadians   
   are feeling and the need for clear answers on how this happened   
   and how we’re going to make sure it never happens again,”   
   Trudeau said.   
      
   He added that he would have “obviously” liked a warning before   
   Trump ordered Soleimani’s killing. Canada has troops in Iraq as   
   part of a NATO training mission.   
      
   Soleimani’s death sparked widespread protests in Iraq and Iran   
   against the US — but within days, the demonstrations targeted   
   Tehran for downing the aircraft, which was carrying more than 80   
   Iranians.   
      
   Iranian police have reportedly begun using live ammo to break up   
   the protests.   
      
   Trudeau cited the “hurt” and “frustration” of victims’ families   
   in Iran and said the demonstrations “should be heeded very   
   carefully by the Iranian government.”   
      
   But he said he was now focused on the Canadian victims, even as   
   it could be “weeks, perhaps even months” before their bodies are   
   repatriated for burial.   
      
   “The grief they’re going through is not to be consoled right   
   now. They want answers, they’ve expressed anger and outrage and   
   also immeasurable pain,” he said.   
      
   “I am hurt like all Canadians. I am angry like all Canadians.   
   But unlike many people I have a job to do that will be able to   
   help these families directly. Getting answers for them is my   
   entire focus right now.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2020/01/14/canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-blames-   
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