Bombing Targets Canadian Troops - 18 Sep 06

[tomahawk6]

The remains of Corporals Arnold,Keating,Morley and Pte Byers arrived at Trenton. The article has video of the repatriation of each soldier. Very sad. Again my sympathies.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060923/soldier_repatriation_060923/20060923?hub=TopStories

 

[dapaterson]

From: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/features/afghanistan/story.html?id=2510528c-71a2-48e3-9f58-5f1466cb2912&k=57137

Afghan mission hits home for Liberal MP Allan Woods, CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, September 22, 2006

OTTAWA - He was a hundred metres away from the Afghan man on the bicycle who detonated a bomb, and now the 20-year-old soldier lies in a German hospital. A toe-twitch is the only indication he may have avoided paralysis.

On the other side of the world, a parliamentarian is struggling with the deadly toll of Canada's military mission in Afghanistan.

Liberal MP Dan McTeague was a ball of stress and emotion Thursday, coping with the weight of knowing his cousin's son had been severely wounded in a suicide bombing in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province earlier this week, and understanding that that same mission has divided the very chamber where he goes to work each day.

''It brings it a lot closer to home,'' McTeague said in a telephone interview. ''We (parliamentarians) are human after all, and we do know that they are there, certainly, with risks. There are risks attendant to young and women volunteering themselves to help the people of Afghanistan.''

Follow the link for the full article.

 

[big bad john]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2006/09/29/morley-mother.html

Slain soldier was 'far from ordinary,' says mother
Last Updated: Friday, September 29, 2006 | 12:55 PM CT
CBC News
The mother of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month said Friday that he was a caring man who truly believed he was helping people overseas.

Cpl. Keith Morley, who was from Winnipeg, was one of four soldiers killed by a suicide bomber on Sept. 18.


"In many ways, he grew up an average Canadian boy, but he was far from ordinary," Della Morley said to reporters outside the family home before a private memorial service in the afternoon.

She said her son was someone who deeply cared for his family.

"Children were drawn to him. He could so easily have been one of them. He loved his dog … and laughed at his puppy antics. Keith always found the perfect gift for each and every one of us."


'Served with pride and certainty'

Morley, as well as Pte. David Byers, 22, and Cpl. Shane Keating, 30, was with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Man.

Funerals for Byers and Keating were also scheduled for Friday, in Ontario and Saskatchewan respectively.

The attack that claimed their lives also killed Cpl. Glen Arnold, who had been stationed with 2 Field Ambulance based out of CFB Petawawa northeast of Ottawa.

Morley's casket returned to Winnipeg on Sept. 23 on what would have been his 31st birthday.

Della Morley said her son first expressed interest in joining the Armed Forces in junior high school. Before going to Afghanistan, he served two tours in Bosnia, in 2001 and 2003.

"He served his country with pride and certainty that missions there and in Afghanistan would better the lives of the people in those troubled nations," she said.

Keating's funeral was also scheduled to take place Friday, in Saskatoon.

 

[17thRecceSgt]

 

[new outlook]

I just thought i would write a little note about the bombing on September 18Th, that candy and notebooks were being handed out to children which is not true we were doing a foot patrol and did not hand out anything to the children in the area.and that there was not dozens of cive's hurt in the bombing there was a family of 4 that was hurt.And I know this for a fact as i was 12 feet away from the bomber and was very badly injured myself and am very lucky to even be alive.I lost 4 friends that day and had many other friends hurt.just so people know that there was not dozens of Cive's hurt or children.And i would like to thank all that have wished us a speedy recovery

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Thanks for the straight goods, and best wishes on your recovery. You're all doing us proud.