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2005-12-13 Afghanistan

Bomb Injures 3 Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan

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Posted by Pappy 2005-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A couple of questions for the group....

Any opinions on the g-wagon? It is going to get a lot of credit in the next few days.

Second, notice that it was an American helicopter that had to come and get our guys...

Posted by Canuck 2005-12-13 11:41|| 2005-12-13 11:41|| Front Page Top

#2 To its credit, Canada *did* try to send a sub first, but...

All kidding aside, those soldiers should by all rights be dead from an explosion that big. The G-wagen seems to have protected them well. I like the part where they treated each others' injuries as they waited for help.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-12-13 11:48|| 2005-12-13 11:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Notice how quickly Albone reverts to law enforcement termiology? I was shocked not to see "alleged" in there somewhere. I liked the part where the "perps" were handed over to Afghan troops. I guess the Kabul Times isn't as picky about prisoner mistreatment.

And who was Princess Patricia? And how did she get her own brigade?

Posted by Grinerong Threrelet8534 2005-12-13 12:00|| 2005-12-13 12:00|| Front Page Top

#4 "...coalition troops had arrested two people who were seen tearing away from the scene of the bombing on a motorcycle. He said they had been handed over to Afghan troops."
Uh, oh. Looks like the Canadians are guilty of rendition! Are they sure the prisoners' human rights will be protected?

Posted by Osama bin Here 2005-12-13 12:23|| 2005-12-13 12:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Grinerong, actually she has her own regiment. They, the Princess Pats, are a famous regiment in Canada and received the US Prisidential Unit Citation in Korea which I understand is rare for the US to give to foreign armies. The regiment was named after a British princess during the start of the WW1.

Seafarious, we wanted to send a sub but we don't have the strategic lift capability to put it anywhere in Afghanistan.

Osama, we have been accused of rendition a few times. There was a picture in the papers worldwide attributed to US special forces taking some bad guys onto a plane. Then it was discovered that it was a picture of Canadian commandos (JTF2) and the shit hit the fan domestically.

I am working on a letter to the editor (which will never be published) pointing out that as much as we (the Canadian left wing) bitches about the US military, it was American pilots who risked going to our help and an American hospital that is fixing up our guys...If we are going to bitch about the Americans we should at least be able to rescue our own guys.

Posted by Canuck 2005-12-13 13:00|| 2005-12-13 13:00|| Front Page Top

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