Apr 08, 2007 01:57 PM
Canadian Press
ARRAS, France — Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed Sunday six Canadian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.
A separate roadside bomb killed another NATO soldier and wounded two, while a clash in the east left two Afghan guards and two militants dead, officials said.
Canadian military officials were not immediately available for comment.
Maj.-Gen. Ton van Loon, the ISAF chief of Regional Command South, said the hearts of his soldiers go out to the victim’s families and their nation.
There are 2,500 Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan.
The Taliban, meanwhile, claimed to have beheaded the kidnapped translator for an Italian journalist.
Ajmal Naqshbandi, a freelance journalist and translator, was kidnapped March 5 in southern Afghanistan along with journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo and a driver.
The driver was beheaded. Mastrogiacomo, who worked for the daily La Repubblica, was released March 19 in a much criticized swap for five Taliban militants.
The Taliban made a similar demand in return for Naqshbandi’s release.
“We asked for two Taliban commanders to be released in exchange for Ajmal Naqshbandi, but the government did not care for our demands, and today, at 3:05 p.m., we beheaded Ajmal in Garmsir district of Helmand province,” said Shahabuddin Atal, who claimed to be a spokesman for regional Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah. The report could not be independently confirmed.
under Paul Martin, feb 2007 would have had our soldiers out of, and not dying in, Afghanistan
best way to support our troops is to only put them in harms way when Cdn. security is thretened
a live soldier lives to fight another day and not just die so the U.S. can send more of their troops to that other quagmire in Iraq
under Paul Martin, feb 2007 would have had our soldiers out of, and not dying in, Afghanistan
best way to support our troops is to only put them in harms way when Cdn. security is thretened
a live soldier lives to fight another day and not just die so the U.S. can send more of their troops to that other quagmire in Iraq
Don't you dare. Don't you dare. It's because of Paul Martin's dithering that Canada ended up with Kanadahar. Fact.
Now, when the Tories were elected they honoured Canada's NATO commitment. You remember NATO don't you? The organization that helped keep Soviet aggresion in check for 40 years? The organization we depend on for our collective security.
Everyone is entitled to their opinon on the war. But don't you dare say the Canadians would have been better of it Martin had been reelected. You have no idea if Martin would have extended the mission as well (and the short answer is, he likely would have).
Martin put the soldiers there, in the riskest mission, knowning full well previous Canadian governments (liberal and tory) had decimated the Canadian military.
As for the soldiers, don't sully their memory by saying pulling out our forces out of Afghanistan, which was the country that housed terrorists who killed three dozen Canadians on 9/11, is somehow honourable.
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As for the soldiers, don't sully their memory by saying pulling out our forces out of Afghanistan, which was the country that housed terrorists who killed three dozen Canadians on 9/11, is somehow honourable.
don't i dare?
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our soldiers are being put into harms way so that u.s. forces can be put into iraq
i find it disgraceful that arm chair chickenhawks are ok sending young, bright canadians into a stupid war
don't you dare to lecture me on the validity of this stupid war
we shouldn't be there as usama (not osama) bin laden is an amerikan invention
poppy prouction is higher than at Taliban levels
dead canadians are dead canadians whether it be the horror of 9/11 or the "new mission" (sorta like "new cdn. gov't) in afghanistan
i respect our brave fighting men and women by ONLY putting them in harms way for the sake of our sovreignty and security
NOT
to put them there as an extension of pax amerikana as detailed by the PNAC document
shame on you for believeing that dying for someone else's cause is somehow a good reason to die
shame on you for sending someone else's children to die
pulling our forces out of afghanistan is the farthest thing from "sullying" their memory
it is the most honourable and respectful thing we can do
war should be a last resort
shame on you for war mongering on the weekend honouring the sacrifice made by canadians at Vimy
Martin didn't put the soldiers into the "riskiest" mission
the "mission" changed after our "new gov't" came into power
the very, very least you could do to honour the soldiers is to respect history and not to distort the truth or out and out, lie
our soldiers are being put into harms way so that u.s. forces can be put into iraq
i find it disgraceful that arm chair chickenhawks are ok sending young, bright canadians into a stupid war
don't you dare to lecture me on the validity of this stupid war
we shouldn't be there as usama (not osama) bin laden is an amerikan invention
poppy prouction is higher than at Taliban levels
dead canadians are dead canadians whether it be the horror of 9/11 or the "new mission" (sorta like "new cdn. gov't) in afghanistan
i respect our brave fighting men and women by ONLY putting them in harms way for the sake of our sovreignty and security
NOT
to put them there as an extension of pax amerikana as detailed by the PNAC document
shame on you for believeing that dying for someone else's cause is somehow a good reason to die
shame on you for sending someone else's children to die
pulling our forces out of afghanistan is the farthest thing from "sullying" their memory
it is the most honourable and respectful thing we can do
war should be a last resort
shame on you for war mongering on the weekend honouring the sacrifice made by canadians at Vimy
Martin didn't put the soldiers into the "riskiest" mission
the "mission" changed after our "new gov't" came into power
the very, very least you could do to honour the soldiers is to respect history and not to distort the truth or out and out, lie
shame on you
so why is it that the Soldiers themselves aren't crying to come home? because they believe in thier roles as canadians to help with world matters. I honor and salute them doing thier jobs and doing it proudly. Why join the forces if you don't want to ever get put in this type of situation? Good grief no one wants to die but thier serving thier country of Canada and they believe in what thier doing is for good cause...My hats off to them..
so why is it that the Soldiers themselves aren't crying to come home? because they believe in thier roles as canadians to help with world matters. I honor and salute them doing thier jobs and doing it proudly. Why join the forces if you don't want to ever get put in this type of situation? Good grief no one wants to die but thier serving thier country of Canada and they believe in what thier doing is for good cause...My hats off to them..
I am saddened at the loss of life....
MS continues to "dither" like those he admires. It takes guts and courage to be a Canadian soldier and believe in your mission. It takes only a coward to quit and run.
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It takes guts and courage to be a Canadian soldier and believe in your mission. It takes only a coward to quit and run.
The loss is tragic. To abandon them, pathetic.
Abandon whom? How is getting Canadian Soldiers out of harms way in a country which is rife with civil disorder abandoning them? I for one think more of the lives of Canadian soldiers than the cowards who foolishly send them and keep them in a situation where there is no winning.
Pathetic is continuing to think that places like Afghanistan will change in our lifetime.
I've said it once I'll say it again... Canada should offer any woman and any child under 16 the opportunity to leave Afghanistan. Once these innocents are rescued everyone should pull out and let them have it.
Abandon whom? How is getting Canadian Soldiers out of harms way in a country which is rife with civil disorder abandoning them? I for one think more of the lives of Canadian soldiers than the cowards who foolishly send them and keep them in a situation where there is no winning.
Pathetic is continuing to think that places like Afghanistan will change in our lifetime.
Try talking to soldiers who have been there and are eager to return. They believe they can accomplish the mission. For you to discredit them is unpatriotic, not to mention just plain disrespectful of their combined efforts. Not supporting them is cowardice personified.
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