3 NATO soldiers killed in southern Afghan blast

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

CNN) -- A bomb killed three NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

A roadside bomb struck the vehicle they were traveling in, NATO said.

There were no civilian casualties in the incident.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/20/wednesday/index.html

[maddezmom]

1. 3 Canadian soldiers killed in southern Afghan blast

3 Canadian soldiers killed in southern Afghan blast
(CNN) -- The three NATO soldiers killed in a roadside bombing Wednesday in southern Afghanistan were Canadian troops, Canadian forces told CNN.

They died about 8 a.m. "when the vehicle in which they were traveling struck a suspected improvised explosive device on the main road," a Canadian forces statement said.

"The incident occurred while the soldiers were conducting resupply operations between checkpoints" about 25 miles west of Kandahar, the statement said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/20/wednesday/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[Swede]

2. This may be another bloody summer for the Canadians.

It sure is starting out like that.

[Spazito]

3. I have to ask why they were travelling in ....

"an open-top, unarmoured all-terrain vehicle in a supply convoy in the volatile Panjwaii district..." as reported by the CBC article!

I can only hope this question will be asked of Hillier and the DOD, they should NEVER have been travelling such a vehicle in a "volatile" area, it is inexcusable, imo.

Link to CBC article:

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/06/20/afghan-nato.html