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Soldier Poet Blogs Before Overseas Deployment
I am a soldier on active duty with the Canadian Forces who just happens to be a published poet. Most of the troops I serve with don’t know that I even write. In this blog, I aim to post irregular updates on my progress towards getting my current poetry published, raising a... Departing Canadian Commander issues Corruption Warning to Afghans
Recent elections in Afghanistan revealed to most of us how corrupt and fraud ridden Afghanistan is. President Obama is in the midst of making a decision on Afghanistan strategy and a possible troop... Translators for Canadian Military/Innocents Labeled as Taliban
A former language and cultural adviser to the Canadian Forces says that he witnessed at least two cases of individuals being labeled Taliban due to poor translators. Jack Layton, Leader of Canada's New... Canadians fire on vehicle near bomb diffusing team-Kill Civilian
Canadian Soldiers cordoned off an area in a residential neighborhood in Khandahar City to diffuse a bomb that had been located there. During the cordon and bomb diffusion operation a civilian car breached... Canadian Military will track suicides to include former soldiers
Canada's National Defence Headquarters is changing the way it tracks suicides. In future. the statistics will include those soldiers that are no longer on active duty. According to the Toronto Star the... National Defence Censors Info on Future Costs of Afghanistan War
In a significant policy shift, Canada's Department of National Defence censored an NDP request for disclosure of future costs of the Afghanistan War. Canada has been involved in the UN/NATO sanctioned war...
created by albertacowpoke | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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Canadian Military Investigating Three Children Killed by Blast
A formal military investigation has been launched by the Canadian military into the death of three children in Afghanistan. Relatives and villagers in Kandahar say that an unexploded rocket left by Canadian forces killed the children, who were looking for scrap metal. A... Elusive threats boost PTSD risk in Afghanistan
Canadian troops fighting in Afghanistan are up against two dangerous adversaries. The first, the elusive enemy; the second, the less-tangible threat of mental breakdown. Indeed, new studies suggest soldiers deployed to Afghanistan are more likely to suffer from mental illness...
created by Rainbowwarrior | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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249 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Conservatives Cut and Run on War Dead
"This just in, from CTV the Harper Government has ordered a corridore sanitare around Canadian Forces Base Trenton. No media will be allowed into the base tommorow when the four dead Canadian solidiers return. This is the same policy the Bush regime uses south of the border."We're In Afghanistan For How Long?!
"Shades of George Bush. Do I hear an echo? Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canadian troops will remain in Afghanistan for "years," a sure sign soldiers will stay in the war-torn nation long after the...
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