Slog - Comments on The Canadians Fight for Southern Afghanistan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight NATO (mostly Canadian) and Afghan forces estimated killing 200 Taliban outside Kandahar Sunday. Four Canadian soldiers were killed and several wounded. If the estimate is correct, this would be the biggest single defeat of Taliban fighters in months, reports the New York Times. Hundreds of Taliban fighters have been massing in the Panjwai and Zhare districts, just west of Kandahar, the main city in southern Afghanistan. For months, the rebels have been mounting attacks on and near the main highway, stirring fear of an imminent assault in Kandahar. "The Taliban presence in Panjwai is undoubtedly having a large psychological effect... Copyright 2007 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:14:14 -0800 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:03:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mike in MO But I thought Sadaam was responsible for Sept. 11? Who is this Osama bin Laden guy?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456005 News Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:33:25 -0800 Comment by Brian there were 5 Canadian Soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Not 4.
"Pte. Mark Graham died on Monday when two U.S. aircraft mistakenly fired on a Canadian platoon during the operation."
This is the second time the US has made a mistake and killed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/09/05/ramp-ceremony.html

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456591 News Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:03:35 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Uh, most of the Sept. 11th hijackers came from Saudi Arabia.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456760 News Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:55:53 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle That's right, Bush killed more real soldiers trying to fight the Real War.

Five Canadian soldiers dead.

Way to bomb the hell out of the wrong people, Bush!

And Keshmeshi is right - al-Qaeda still gets more than 90 percent of its money and volunteers from Saudi Arabia.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/the_canadians_fight#c456834 News Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:03:10 -0800