I would like to correct the above statement. Unfortunately it was 4 Canadian soldiers killed today.
Exerts from the Vancouver Sun, Sunday September 3, 2006
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Four Canadian soldiers were killed Sunday and several more wounded in fierce fighting in southern Afghanistan, Canadian forces officials confirmed during a news conference.
Brig. Gen David Fraser said there were no reports of civilian casualties, but he noted Taliban casualties were high.
A total of 31 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed since 2002.
The first Canadian casualties happened in April 2002, when an American fighter pilot mistakenly dropped a bomb on Canadian troops engaging in live-fire exercises, killing four soldiers and wounding several others.
The incident -- the first time Canadian troops suffered casualties in combat operations since the Korean War -- happened just a few months after Canadian troops arrived to support the United States and Great Britain's ouster of the Taliban regime.
Last winter, a Canadian battle group of about 2,200 soldiers headed to Afghanistan to take over military operations in Kandahar from the United States.
Full article Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...e75ae6&k=41049