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CP http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jfwf3PI9Q5xVxxBCxWSymrwQmmQg KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - More than a century ago, a young British army private returned home safely from battle along what is now the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He later joined the Canadian Forces during the First...

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interesting to see the outcome Due to the word limitation, please refer to the actual court document. http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fca/doc/2007/2007fca390/2007fca390.html RELEVANT FACTS [3]                    The Canadian Forces have created a special operations unit, whose function is the...

CP http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxzZ8AFksM4GSSpt29taa1LhGUEA GUNDY GHAR, Afghanistan - Soldiers from Valcartier, Que., took a course before they're deployed to Afghanistan - it's called "The Warrior and Death." It's mandatory. Like it or not, they have to confront the question...

London Free Press http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2007/12/27/4740962-sun.html Martin Schoots-McAlpine is at the helm of a group protesting military recruiting in local schools. By PATRICK MALONEY, SUN MEDIA A teenage London activist wants you to join his campaign to end in-school...

Peacekeeping in the Arab Territory The subsequent Six-Day War in 1967 was short but resulted in Israeli occupation of large swaths of Arab territory. There was a need for peacekeeping in these areas but Israel initially refused. Only after the next Arab-Israeli War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, were...

http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=8190 At a time when Canadian operations in Afghanistan are drawing media headlines and national attention, the long-standing Canadian experience in peacekeeping is apt to be ignored. This is unfortunate because the Canadian Forces have a...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2232354,00.html Afghanistan US suspicious of British attempts at engagement · Kabul government split on ethnic and political lines Declan Walsh in Islamabad Thursday December 27, 2007 The Guardian The threatened expulsion of two senior...

National http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071226.AFGHANNATO26/TPStory/National COLIN FREEZE December 26, 2007 KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- Defence Minister Peter MacKay served up turkey and tourtière to Canadian troops in Afghanistan on Christmas Day, saying they will stay for...

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=7cd25425-14b1-4dfb-b17e-ca9f236f1034 Allison Lampert , CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- The coalition field hospital at this sprawling base is taking in more and more injured...

LCN http://lcn.canoe.ca/lcn/infos/national/archives/2007/12/20071223-075250.html Trois soldats canadiens ont été blessés dans l'explosion d'une bombe artisanale, samedi, dans le sud de l'Afghanistan. Les militaires, dont l'identité n'a pas été divulguée, circulaient sur une route du district...

The Intelligencer http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=828999&auth=Luke+Hendry Here at Canada's military air transport hub, life seems to only get busier with each passing day. "Busy is our new norm," Col. Mike Hood, the base commanding officer, said in a recent interview...

CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/12/22/arrest-afghanistan.html Canadian soldiers patrolling the volatile Panjwaii district of southern Afghanistan captured two Afghan men believed to have handled explosives. Canadian soldiers keep watch in Sperwan as their fellow soldiers deal...

CanWest News Service http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=2da4ce70-777e-4378-9efd-a298645bdef2&k=16594 OTTAWA -- Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie will have his hands full in the coming year, especially if he stays in his current job as head of Canada's army. Leslie is no stranger to the...

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/story.html?id=ec95f746-49bf-451a-ad66-7614873a750a&k=66710 Jamie Komarnicki, Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, December 22, 2007 A month before 150 reservists leave for a tour in Afghanistan, Canada's military heroes received a standing ovation at the...

Allison Lampert , CanWest News Service Published: Thursday, December 20, 2007 ZHARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan - A plan to run the first independent Afghan police station in Kandahar province was sacked this week, just days after the officers were allegedly caught robbing villagers, CanWest News...

Provided by: Canadian Press Written by: THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 19, 2007 http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=23822&rss=67&rid=999999&news_channel_id=131&channel_id=131&rot=3 VICTORIA - The B.C. government has followed through on a promise to lift the waiting period...

The Torch http://toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com/2007/12/excellence-with-vigour.html A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to speak at length with LCdr Angus Topshee, XO (Executive Officer, for you non-naval types) of HMCS Toronto. For those who don't recall, Toronto was the first Canadian...

Insidescribe We don't get recognized very often, so it's kinda nice that President Bush has seen fit to praise the Canadian military fighting valiantly in Afghanistan, see Canada.com, CanWest News Services.  "Well, I would like to praise the Brits, the Canadians, the Dutch, the Danes and...