More Canadian troops killed in Afganistan

[Trampbag]

Another 3 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan today. That’s 30 so far in this war. It’s going to be a long costly one.

May God be with their families and help them through their loss.

[Trampbag]

I would like to correct the above statement. Unfortunately it was 4 Canadian soldiers killed today.



Exerts from the Vancouver Sun, Sunday September 3, 2006

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Four Canadian soldiers were killed Sunday and several more wounded in fierce fighting in southern Afghanistan, Canadian forces officials confirmed during a news conference.

Brig. Gen David Fraser said there were no reports of civilian casualties, but he noted Taliban casualties were high.

A total of 31 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed since 2002.

The first Canadian casualties happened in April 2002, when an American fighter pilot mistakenly dropped a bomb on Canadian troops engaging in live-fire exercises, killing four soldiers and wounding several others.

The incident -- the first time Canadian troops suffered casualties in combat operations since the Korean War -- happened just a few months after Canadian troops arrived to support the United States and Great Britain's ouster of the Taliban regime.

Last winter, a Canadian battle group of about 2,200 soldiers headed to Afghanistan to take over military operations in Kandahar from the United States.


Full article Vancouver Sun

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=56fd3205-d880-4121-8cad-fa2966e75ae6&k=41049

[Bull Dog]

sorry to hear of the loss to canada its a shame.

[Trampbag]

Donald McArthur, CanWest News Service

Published: Monday, September 04, 2006

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A Canadian soldier was killed and dozens wounded, five seriously, in a friendly fire incident Monday morning near the front lines of a battle where four Canadian soldiers were killed and several wounded the day before.

"An aircraft flying in support of ISAF operations accidentally engaged a Canadian position in Panjwaii at approximately 5:30 this morning, killing one soldier and wounding a number of others," said Brig.-Gen. Fraser, the Canadian commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan.

The Canadian soldiers wounded Monday were not bombed but came under fire from an airplane, believed to be an American Warthog, which is armed with rockets and high-powered machine guns. Four Canadian soldiers were killed in a friendly fire incident in April 2002 when they were bombed by an American F-16 fighter jet while they were conducting training operations.

Thirty-two Canadian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since Canada joined the war on terror here in 2002 and 24 of those have fallen since operations moved to the volatile south in February. Glyn Berry, a diplomat, was killed in a suicide strike in Kandahar in January.


Full Article:
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=bb2964ed-a5c3-4ccc-98d0-df1ebc2fea9d