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There are now three press releases on the ISAF web site stating that two ISAF soldiers were killed and two wounded. http://www.nato.int/ISAF/docu/pressreleases/2008/index.html The first is PR # 2008-142 dated the 14th of April. I believe that this one is referring to the loss of the two...

Suicide bombing kills 80 outside Kandahar city Updated Sun. Feb. 17 2008 8:07 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff Afghanistan has suffered what may be its deadliest terror attack since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. A suicide bomber attacked an outdoor dogfighting competition on the outskirts of Kandahar...

No. My son just came back from Kandahar last week. For a time this Cpl and my son were in the same platoon. He was not serving as a front line infantryman. There is more to this story then the kit. There are other reasons why he talked to the media. This type of thing was SOP for this guy.

I will try to be careful here. 1) The Cpl in question is not reg. Army, and did not send much time outside the wire. I’ve heard stories. 2) The K-becers were discouraged from wearing their store bought kit. 3) I saw my kid’s mom on the TV news last week waving at P.E.T. Maybe I’ve said...

Here are some stupid questions. I know it’s a long shot.  What about her own country? Do they have health insurance in Cyprus like the rest of Europe? If so, can she make a claim to get reimbursed from them?

Who cons wins: Six SAS soldiers face court martial over fraud allegations By MATTHEW HICKLEY – Last updated at 17:54pm on 25th January 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=510449&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490 Six soldiers from the elite SAS are facing a...

Jan 25, 2:19 PM EST 30 Killed in Pakistan Border Violence By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PAKISTAN?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Fighting spread in Pakistan's volatile borderlands on Friday as the...

Earlier this month an Australian skier Leigh Barnier was killed by an avalanche at the Big White ski resort near Kelowna, B.C. So this may be behind their warnings.

I hope that this group is proven wrong; otherwise it looks like things will be getting worst before they become better. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL216061.htm Afghan war only just beginning, security group warns 19 Jan 2008 10:20:20 GMT Source: Reuters KABUL, Jan 19...

Pakistan says dozens of militants killed in fighting Updated Fri. Jan. 18 2008 11:57 AM ET The Associated Press http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080118/pakistan_afghan_080118/20080118?hub=World DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Pakistani security forces killed dozens of...

Is the area where the US has the counterinsurgency thing down pat?

It is nice to see that the citizens of Calgary are showing their support for the reserve troops deploying to Kandahar next month. The best part of this story is that after they arrive in Kandahar, the Quebec (and NB) reservists get to come home. However, I have to confess that I am feeling a...

I saw a report on CNN this evening that seems to indicate that the US Navy is backing down from their original claims. The “threatening voice” appears to have come from a third party, and not the Iranians. They believe that it was a local heckler known to the US Navy as the “Filipino Monkey”...

Sunday, January 13, 2008 2 Dutch soldiers killed, 1 wounded in fighting in Afghanistan (9:18 p.m.) http://www.sunstar.com.ph//static/net/2008/01/13/2.dutch.soldiers.killed.1.wounded.in.fighting.in.afghanistan.(9.18.p.m.).html AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Two Dutch soldiers were killed and...

I am about three quarters of the way through the book “Outside the Wire” Those who enjoyed Christie Blatchford’s book “Fifteen Days” should also enjoy reading this book. Like Blatchford’s book each chapter is a separate story. However, these are written in the first person by the participants...

The third and final part is now posted on Legion Magazine. Operation Medusa: The Battle For Panjwai Part 3: The Fall of Objective Rugby by Adam Day http://www.legionmagazine.ca/features/militarymatters/08-01.asp?id=print Whatever the new rotation of Canadian soldiers were expecting to find...

Mr Staples dose not have a degree in History. His Bachelors is in Education. The bottom line is that Mr. Staples is not a military analysis, or an expert. He is a lobbyist with an anti-military and anti-American agenda.

So let’s see……Steven Staples has the qualifications of a high school history teacher. We all know how poor history education is in our school systems. 

The MSM is not there to inform people or to give balance or objectivity. They are there to entertain! They are there to attract an audience who will sit through and watch the silly advertisements. Remember from the point of view the MSM the advertisements are the important content, and not the...

A report from CTV. RIP Canadian soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan Updated Sun. Dec. 30 2007 11:05 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff An explosion has killed a Canadian soldier out on routine patrol in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Four others were wounded in the blast, which occurred...