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Hillier: Soldiers unhappy about focus on detainees claims

Wed, 2 May 2007 13:03:00 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Gen. Rick Hillier says he has talked to some Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan who are "pissed off" that allegations over the torture of detainees are distracting attention from their mission.


Canadian soldiers walk fine line on Afghanistan's poppy crops

Sat, 5 May 2007 13:04:00 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Nearly a century since the humble poppy first blossomed as an enduring symbol of military sacrifice, Canada's soldiers find themselves shoulder-deep in flowers of a very different colour, striking a delicate diplomatic balance between policy and practicality.


Warning : Memorial honoring fallen soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan running out room

Sun, 6 May 2007 04:36:00 +0000 | Newsvine

WASHINGTON - Congress already has run out of space on a memorial created last year to honor all of the U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Roadside bombs challenge Canadians

Mon, 7 May 2007 16:03:00 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (CP) - Amid the eerie howl of mine detectors, Canadian soldiers prodded the dirt with knives and inched gingerly forward on their bellies Monday as they made their way toward a rusty bucket wired to a battery at the side of a dirt road in southern Afghanistan.


Canadian engineers detonate IED in southern Afghanistan; nobody hurt

Tue, 8 May 2007 05:13:00 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (CP) - Canadian engineers have safely detonated an improvised explosive device at the side of a dirt road near Spin Boldak in southern Afghanistan.


NATO convoy ambushed

Tue, 8 May 2007 08:50:00 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents ambushed a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan early Tuesday, and a civilian gunshot victim said soldiers fleeing the scene shot him and killed a man in a bakery.


Cdn engineers detonate bomb near Pakistan border

Tue, 8 May 2007 14:28:00 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (CP) - Canadian military engineers fought fire with fire Tuesday as they safely detonated a crude roadside bomb in a cloud of flame and smoke near this border town in southern Afghanistan.


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