Blast kills 5 Canadians in southern Afghanistan

[demoleft]

Source: reuters

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were killed when their armored vehicle was hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the Canadian Defense Ministry said.

Four other Canadian soldiers and a Canadian civilian official were wounded in the blast, which occurred about four km (2.5 miles) outside the city of Kandahar, the ministry said on its website.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091231/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_afghanistan_canada_deaths

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damn.

[Barack_America]

1. Just awful.

My thoughts and prayers to their families.

I'm sure we'll be hearing more about these individuals on Hockey Night in Canada this weekend.

[daleo]

2. It happened in what was supposed to be a secure area

In the middle of Kandahar. It shows how insecure the area still is, after 5 or so years with a significant NATO presence there.

[Hulk]

3. Waiting for the "red eye" "comedy show" on fox to poke fun at the Canadian forces...

It's a shame ANYONE is dying over there for this worthless cause. Bring the troops home. Just dump wheet, corn, and quarters on them. We DON'T make enemies when we GIVE them help. We make enemies when we INVADE their homeland and impose OUR values on them. ...oh, and blow up their relatives.

[Tim01]

4. Damn. Canadaians are known for being serious soldiers.

I'm grateful we have them there with us in the shit. But I kind of wish we would handle this ourselves, and not ask them to give their lives for a cause that may not be very noble.
True warriors they are. It must be all that snow and ice that makes them so tough.

[RamboLiberal]

5. Canadian journalist, four soldiers killed in insurgent bomb blast in Kandahar

Source: The Canadian Press

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Calgary-based journalist became the first Canadian reporter to die in Afghanistan when she was killed Wednesday along with four Canadian soldiers by an improvised explosive device.

The five deaths in a relatively safe part of Kandahar city represented the worst loss of life for the Canadian mission in Afghanistan in two-and-a-half-years.

The military did not immediately release any names because of problems notifying family.

However, journalists on the base identified the reporter killed as Michelle Lang, 34, a health reporter with the Calgary Herald. She was in the back of an armoured vehicle at the time.



Read more: http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/world/article/409749--canadian-journalist-four-soldiers-killed-in-insurgent-bomb-blast-in-kandahar

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[movonne]

6. delete

[movonne]

7. This is turning into another Iraq....

[YouTakeTheSkyway]

8. Since they're relying on many of the tactics perfected in Iraq, you're right