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Yeah, whatever... More importantly the blast hit a Bison Ambulance.
If you look weaker then the rest, they will attack you. The target was a logistic convoy a short distance away.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/03/10/canadians-mission060310.html
Hillier flown from Afghan village after bomb blast
Last Updated Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:05:31 EST
CBC News
Canada's top soldier was whisked away from an Afghan village Friday after a nearby Canadian convoy triggered a roadside bomb, which blew a wheel off the armoured vehicle.
Chief of Defence Staff Rick Hillier had been in southern Afghanistan to take part in a large Canadian mission in the area. Troops are fanning out in the area north of the city, visiting villages and tribal elders to establish a Canadian presence in the region, a former Taliban stronghold.
Hillier had been meeting with a village elder when the Canadian supply convoy, travelling about 800 metres away, triggered a roadside bomb.
No one was injured in the blast, but the wheel of the armoured Bison was damaged.
Hillier was first taken by armoured convoy to a Canadian operating base in Gumbad, about 70 km north of Kandahar, and then flown by U.S. Blackhawk helicopter. It's not clear where he was taken.
The Canadian mission, which involves several hundred soldiers, armoured vehicles, artillery and helicopters, is expected to last through March. it comes after a deadly week in the war-ravaged country that saw two Canadian soldiers killed and eleven injured in a road accident and two attacks.
Troops are pushing out from Kandahar in southern Afghanistan into areas where the Taliban has returned after being defeated by U.S.-led coalition forces in 2001, the CBC's Kas Roussy said from the Kandahar base.
They intend to pacify the area, a necessary first step to improve local governance and people's lives.
Part of the forces' work involves opening a road from Kandahar City to the north.
"It is a dangerous mission," Roussy said. She added that the area the Canadians are moving into "is still very insecure."
U.S. officers who know the area said there are dozens of militants operating in several bands. Six U.S. soldiers and 18 Afghans, including civilians, were killed on duty in the area in 2005.
Few details are available for security reasons, but Roussy described seeing vehicles and soldiers preparing to leave the base over the previous 24 hours.
There are 2,200 Canadians in southern Afghanistan, part of a multinational force led by Canadian Brig.-Gen. David Fraser.
A battle group from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry took over frontline duties in Kandahar from a U.S. task force in late February.
Since then, two Canadians have been killed in an accident, and five have been hurt. Five more were wounded in a suicide attack, and a sixth received a severe axe wound to the head from a Taliban militant, who was shot dead by other Canadians.
That was believed to be the first engagement between Canadians and the Taliban.
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If you look weaker then the rest, they will attack you. The target was a logistic convoy a short distance away.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/03/10/canadians-mission060310.html
Hillier flown from Afghan village after bomb blast
Last Updated Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:05:31 EST
CBC News
Canada's top soldier was whisked away from an Afghan village Friday after a nearby Canadian convoy triggered a roadside bomb, which blew a wheel off the armoured vehicle.
Chief of Defence Staff Rick Hillier had been in southern Afghanistan to take part in a large Canadian mission in the area. Troops are fanning out in the area north of the city, visiting villages and tribal elders to establish a Canadian presence in the region, a former Taliban stronghold.
Hillier had been meeting with a village elder when the Canadian supply convoy, travelling about 800 metres away, triggered a roadside bomb.
No one was injured in the blast, but the wheel of the armoured Bison was damaged.
Hillier was first taken by armoured convoy to a Canadian operating base in Gumbad, about 70 km north of Kandahar, and then flown by U.S. Blackhawk helicopter. It's not clear where he was taken.
The Canadian mission, which involves several hundred soldiers, armoured vehicles, artillery and helicopters, is expected to last through March. it comes after a deadly week in the war-ravaged country that saw two Canadian soldiers killed and eleven injured in a road accident and two attacks.
Troops are pushing out from Kandahar in southern Afghanistan into areas where the Taliban has returned after being defeated by U.S.-led coalition forces in 2001, the CBC's Kas Roussy said from the Kandahar base.
They intend to pacify the area, a necessary first step to improve local governance and people's lives.
Part of the forces' work involves opening a road from Kandahar City to the north.
"It is a dangerous mission," Roussy said. She added that the area the Canadians are moving into "is still very insecure."
U.S. officers who know the area said there are dozens of militants operating in several bands. Six U.S. soldiers and 18 Afghans, including civilians, were killed on duty in the area in 2005.
Few details are available for security reasons, but Roussy described seeing vehicles and soldiers preparing to leave the base over the previous 24 hours.
There are 2,200 Canadians in southern Afghanistan, part of a multinational force led by Canadian Brig.-Gen. David Fraser.
A battle group from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry took over frontline duties in Kandahar from a U.S. task force in late February.
Since then, two Canadians have been killed in an accident, and five have been hurt. Five more were wounded in a suicide attack, and a sixth received a severe axe wound to the head from a Taliban militant, who was shot dead by other Canadians.
That was believed to be the first engagement between Canadians and the Taliban.
Copyright ©2006 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - All Rights Reserved