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Afghanistan
Canada Diplomat Killed in Afghanistan
2006-01-16
A suicide car bomb hit a Canadian military convoy Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing two civilians and a senior Canadian diplomat, officials said. A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammed Yousaf, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also wounded three Canadian soldiers and 10 other people.
Our condolences go out to them. This is nothing but murder most foul by primitives whose first resort is murder most foul...
He warned that "these attacks will continue for a long time. We have many more suicide attackers ready to go."
Salafists always seem to have many more suicide boomers ready to go. It's a hallmark of the religion, isn't it?
"We will continue this strategy until all foreign forces leave Afghanistan," he said in a telephone call to The Associated Press.
"And then we'll go back to killing people like we did before."
Afghanistan has been hit by about 25 suicide bombings in the past four months — a relatively new tactic for militants here and one that has reinforced fears the country may see more assaults modeled on those in Iraq. Sunday's attack occurred as the convoy was driving near the Canadian base in Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold, said Interior Ministry spokesman Dad Mohammed Rasa. At least two civilians were killed and 10 were wounded, he said. Glyn Berry, 59, who was Canada's senior diplomat in southern Afghanistan and the political director of a 250-member provincial reconstruction team, also died.
If you reconstruct things and try and make life better for people, that means you have to be killed. "Better" is not allowed in this world, only in the next.
Posted by:lotp

#5  Seafarious,

Thank you.

Posted by: Canuck   2006-01-16 17:48  

#4  Go back to using flamethrowers to clean out caves, napalm on jihadis "fleeing" a clash with allied troops, and cluster munitions in areas mostly inaccessible by helicopter gunship. When Europe screams, tell them they will have something to say about how this war is fought when they're helping, not a minute sooner.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-01-16 15:18  

#3  O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-01-16 15:16  

#2  Concur with Frank, my deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of the lost and to Canada.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-01-16 08:54  

#1  condolescences to the family and Canadians in general
Posted by: Frank G   2006-01-16 00:25  

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