RAPTOR pod on Tornado aircraft provides key intelligence capability in Iraq war

Canada has contributed CP-140 aircraft to conduct surveillance missions for operations against the Islamic State in Iraq. The aircraft, have among other things, conducted battle damage assessments. Other nations have also provided intelligence-gathering assets.
But it is interesting that according to Department of National Defence documents much of the tactical intelligence-gathering was done by one asset – the Raptor pod on the Tornado aircraft. No coverage period was noted in the DND doc