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Came across an interesting read Blood Bread Tears "On 08 May 1945 (09 May in Soviet time) most of the guns fell silent across Europe. The Second World War/ Great Patriotic War was, at least in the European theatre, over and the victorious Allies - including, see below, the war weary Canadian...

It's time for Bill 201 A private member's bill that will be introduced this spring by Calgary-Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr, the Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles Containing Illegally Held Firearms) Act would give police a new tool in the fight against gangs and gun crime in Alberta. Bill 201 would...

One of the weakpoints of the Churchill tank was visibility and the related issue of commander protection when either fighting the tank or fighting a troop/ squadron of tanks. Many a tank commander had been lost to sniper fire, artillery fire and in one instance quoted by Farley Mowet, " a mortar...

Passed on to me for widest distribution: Hi this is to all members of the Regiment and those attached to the Regimental family. I am looking for email address, phone numbers and addresses of all serving or released, retired Patricia's in Saskatchewan to get them into the PPCLI Association in...

Mods feel free to move: I am a looking to contact Junior Ranker's(NCM) who served in the Balkins from April to October 1994 as part of Canbat 1. I am working with a couple of Patricia's here in Calgary who served in this period. I (we) have a couple of brief questions for others that served in...

Mods feel free to move: A drummer is being sought for an "interesting" group in the Calgary area. Excellent remuneration for the right person. If interested PM myself for the contact information.

Mods free to move. Just tossed this in here as a good reminder. It seems that there is one than one way to get a car. On the hand the kid involved will probably have a bunch of universities or companies offering him employment. It seems the saying about idle minds is true. Now if I could only...

Mods free to move Having become somewhat disenchanted over the continual and historically same genre spit out by usually the same type of pork barrellers I thought we could critique the Russian electoral Presidential race. Afterall, we have all seen how they have rushed to embrace free voting...

Mods free to kill if already posted The usual disclaimer: http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n119178 Spain to pay for new Afghan army unit: report  12 August 2007 | 13:16 | FOCUS News Agency Madrid. Spain has begun negotiations to finance the creation of a new Afghan army unit for the...

My apoligies to the mods but I could not take this serious enough but to sit it here. "..............Only 26 percent of Canadians were in favour of stretching the mission deadline past then, "if that is necessary to complete our goals there." As a result of this -- and in a vain attempt to...

The Usual Disclaimer; http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/08/navy_collegeco_fired_070815w/ Army college fires Navy captain By Zachary M. Peterson - Staff writer Posted : Friday Aug 17, 2007 6:08:02 EDT   A Navy captain in charge of the Navy Element of the Army Command and General Staff...

I have found a couple small references to a para military group of female snipers that fought against the Russians in Chechnya. One written article has them as former Ukrainian biathlon athletes under the age of fourty. With the title that originated in the 1920s. While several other small...

The usual disclaimer: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070819/energy_standoff_070819/20070819?hub=Canada Drilling standoff in Prairie wildlife area to stretch out Updated Sun. Aug. 19 2007 1:47 PM ET Canadian Press A long-simmering Prairie standoff between one of Canada's...

mods feel free to move look what I just got: edit to add: The sender of this message, information.security@rbc.com, could not be verified by Sender ID. Learn more about Sender ID. From :  RBC Financial Group <information.security@rbc.com> Sent :  August 19, 2007 6:40:22 AM To : ...

Most of us have a general knowledge of the "Rape of Berlin" and the savargery of the Eastern front warfare. Historians have debated the extent to which it actually occured. THE OCCUPATION AND ITS OFFSPRING Lost Red Army Children Search for Fathers By Irina Repke and Peter Wensierski More...

The Usual Disclaimer; http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/news/germany.php Bomb in Afghanistan kills 3 Germans in diplomatic convoy By Judy Dempsey Wednesday, August 15, 2007 BERLIN: Three German security officers responsible for protecting the German ambassador to Afghanistan were killed...

Found on English Pravda: http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/gun-718 12 Photos and a very brief write up; "The Graf Zeppelin was launched in 1938, but never saw action because of Hitler's disenchantment with his navy. In 1945, the Soviet Union took control of the ship and used it for target...

A rather interesting gentleman: "Consider the case of one particular bad guy, Viktor Bout -- a stout, canny Russian air transporter who also happens to be the world's most notorious arms dealer." -THE UNITED STATES seems to be missing some guns in Iraq. Somehow, the U.S. military has lost...

Mods feel free to move: "Syria's Defensive Shield Syria currently holds the densest anti-aircraft array in the world, stated a senior military source in Israel, in light of Syria's continued acquisition of Russian weapons systems. According to one estimate, the Syrians hold about 200...

It is kind of interesting when the air space in and around a desolate region starts getting crowded. "Quickly and quietly, India is preparing to deploy a squadron of Mi-17 helicopters at the Ayni airbase in Tajikistan, possibly even before the end of this year. India's first real military...