There were 66 Canadians (I would assume they were recent immigrants) on board including several university professors and their families. I do not know if they were pro the mullahs or against them. The well controlled ‘free’ press of Kanadahar has not reported on any political leanings of these professors. Also, AFAIK, no MSM Canadian reporters have talked about the possibility of a missile attack and all are treating it as merely a ‘crash’.
Maybe the answer is found by the names of those on board. The person who gave the intel to us, may have been on there, and the Mullahs found out, and shot the plane down.
I don’t think this was a mistake.