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Six months after she left to take part in the U.S.-led war on terrorism, the Canadian warship HMCS Fredericton returned home to Halifax early Thursday.

HALIFAX (CP) -- HMCS Fredericton rescued two workers from a burning ship in the Persian Gulf on Friday and helped them get to hospital. The ship, which was deployed from Halifax in March to participate in Operation Apollo, received a distress call from the Al Safa early Friday. "They were reported as having had a fire in the galley, resulting in two injured crew members with severe burns," Maj. Marc Theriault said from Operation Apollo's command station in Tampa, Fla. A Sea King was sent to the ship, but was unable to hoist the men onto the aircraft because it...

Canada would not hand Iraqi leader to U.S. Orders from Ottawa in case of capture Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief National Post Wednesday, April 09, 2003 OTTAWA - The Canadian in command of a multinational naval task force in the Persian Gulf said yesterday that the federal government has ordered him not to hand over any Iraqis he captures to the United States, including even Saddam Hussein and his two sons. Commodore Roger Girouard, the head of the nine-nation Task Force 151, said Ottawa has said he is allowed to turn over any al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists to U.S. forces....

Navy sends two to sea Iroquois, Fredericton off to Arabian Sea CREDIT: FILE HMCS Iroquois is shown last year. Two Halifax-based warships will soon sail for the Middle East. HMCS Iroquois will be ready to sail for the Arabian Sea in about 10 days. HMCS Fredericton will go once it can get a helicopter crew together. “Fredericton, basically, is ready,” said Lt.-Cmdr. Denise LaViolette of navy public affairs. The frigate was supposed to leave port this coming Monday. But now National Defence is giving Iroquois, a destroyer, priority, and it will get the Sea King meant originally meant for Fredericton....