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I am writing a history of Canada and UNEF 1.  Right now I am bogged down with the RCAF contribution - specifically anything -photos /stories/history of 115 ATU RCAF based at El Arish . I will be willing to trade story for story and picture for picture - particularly  photos of the UN " white...

If it is as you suggest -"fear" then this is disturbing! There could be other reasons - MPs are very concerned about making public statements because what they say might reflect on their Party After all they are treading on egg shells being in the  minority government position. New MPs in...

May be Scotland Yard did contribute after all ? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bhutto assassins say attack was revenge for Pakistani mosque siege By Indo-Asian News Service on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Two Pakistani militants arrested in connection with...

[i]Anyone else find it interesting/funny/ironic that this guy has a certain regimental crest as his pic?  Take a good look at it.  Wink[/i] My point exactly why should I have had to go around looking like a London Metropolitan Policeman with a Crown on top of my badge? and Latin "nil sine...

Yup-points are good and worth the time No point 'Playing the Ostrich" on issue of Queen- her picture now gone from Cdn Post offices/most Cdn currency/etc! She is going ..going .. why -we are now a multi cultural country- why swear allegiance to a foreign monarch. She is not Canadian old...

Tuesday, January 22, 2008  What can Scotland Yard contribute - the victim is buried - the crime scene completely disturbed - no wonder they have quietly gone back to UK. Why were they sent in first place?- PR? politics??             Three more Scotland Yard officials leave for UK Tuesday...

Lets get our minds clouded by some facts not some ramblings of an LA Newspaper The following from an interesting Fact Book put out by the CIA - after all -if you cant trust CIA who can you trust?? https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html - Political parties and leaders...

Why ? Answer simple Because his name is Bhutto! The Bhuto's are the Kennedy's of Pakistan. Beside his Dad - Bhutto's Machiavellian husband -is or will be now power behind "the throne " The question should be "how long before Pakistan military steps in"!!

Iran said Sunday that it will begin operation of the country's first nuclear power plant A  great reason to go to war! An announcement by whom ? As Edward R Murrow would say "steady" - check your sources before you act. Mr George  Bush wish had now with Iraq!

First off we we are not dealing with Irish! Secondly we HAD to deal with North Vietnamese to finish and get out of Vietnam We also had to deal with North Koreans to get out of Korea conflict.So what is different in Afghanistan.  Otherwise we will be in Poppy Land for what..20 .30 years...

I am doing some military research on a WW2 veteran and am trying to find out if and when he won the Military Medal. This brought me to a broader question- is there a List readily accessible on the Web of Canadians who have won Medals of Va lour such as VC/MC/MM etc???

I received off line the names of two Dieppe Raid veterans in National Capital Region -compliments of Army.ca readers. These two -one Army -one Navy - will be at the National War Memorial as the lead participants.  :salute: Thank you everone-

CORRECTION DATE is 19 AUGUST at 11 a.m. National War Memorial  not 29 August There will be a 65th Anniversary Dieppe Raid Commemorative Ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on August 29th Sunday 11 a.m. If you are a Dieppe vet and live in National Capital Region particularly an...

For those who point to the failure of Soviet armour in Afghanistan, were we employing Soviet armour or Soviet doctrine then this would be a concern, but we are not, so how is this relevant? The point I am trying to make is not to employ the use of Soviet doctrine or soviet armour in...

Re -prisoner transfer : Not as simple as that - check out Macleans -this weeks edition for background and discussion http://www.macleans.ca/homepage/features/article.jsp?content=20070427_143457_8448 'This is really all Hillier's fault'The law professor who helped kick off the detainee debate...

Dear Colonel Tanks have their place - but probably not in Afghanistan. The Russians found this out the hard way - when they were there in the 1980s - gosh 30 years ago!. Did anyone ever check out their experience before we sent tanks meant for the Cold War European theater over to...

I wonder if this post had anything to do with announcement ;>) see below also interesting Question - where is DND in all this "looking after veterans" ?????? PM announces veterans' ombudsman, bill of rights Updated Tue. Apr. 3 2007 1:56 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Prime Minister Stephen Harper...

Following closely behind their counterparts in the United States and Britain, Canada's Department of National Defence is preparing a comprehensive counter-insurgency field manual for its soldiers and officers. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=102&ItemID=12444 and...

Can anyone tell me how many versions there are of the Canadian Red Ensign and which one is now going to be flown at Vimy now ??

I agree with you and my position was that I don't support pain and suffering grants ie DVA pension to serving members who are not injured in combat. That quote is by "The Third Horseman " in Posting  Reply #56 on: March 27, 2007, 10:26:39 AM » and I really disagree when he says -why? Only...