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PUBLICATION: GLOBE AND MAIL IDN: 060800216 DATE: 2006.03.21 PAGE: A8 BYLINE: STEVE MERTL SECTION: National News SOURCE: CP EDITION: National DATELINE: Vancouver BC WORDS: 693 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afghans need...

----------------------------------------------- 1. An abdominal wound from a 5.56mmx45mm NATO standard round is NOT a serious wound. I have taken a Combat Casualty Care Course and in the ranking of triage priority, an abdominal wound from a low calibre weapon is ranked 3 out of 4. The reason...

First off to everyone else, let me just say that I know this post has no place being put under "Canadian politics", however I felt it was important that the people I converse with on a regular basis see this: Five, I just wanted to publically say i'm sorry for being an utter dick to you the...

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I received this email from a friend of mine currently posted to the Multinational Brigade Headquarters at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. He's on his first overseas deployment.

Latest from Afghanistan:

This is an article written by a soldier serving in Afghanistan right now. He explains why the mission by Canadian troops is NOT peacekeeping. This article was obtained from the Canadian Forces Defence Information Network.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/07/turbans-hardhats060307.html We allow daggers in school, now they're trying not to have to follow the labour code of Canada. I have an easy solution for this. If I was a manager my ultimatum to them would be: "Wear a hardhat or find another...

http://tinyurl.com/mpj8u Gotta love the "peacekeeping" and "peacemaking" statements by Layton. Way to embody the misguided Canadian effigy about our Forces Jack. Fool.

http://tinyurl.com/ermzf Really...the video speaks for itself.

The municipal government of a southern Iraqi city has suspended co-operation with British forces because of a video that appears to show British soldiers abusing Iraqi civilians. The council in Basra announced its decision on Sunday, a week after a newspaper released the video and published...

I'm sure everyone has seen one of her pleas for her life on national television. Her latest plea irks me: Lady, two things to point out to you: 1. They haven't killed you yet, even though they claimed if their demands weren't met a month ago they would. 2. If their demands are met, they'll...

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