- 04
- March
- 2009
Three more Canadians down. How many more? :(
Posted in : News & MediaI start off today with thirty minutes until my shift begins, reading the news. Three more Canadian soldiers have been killed in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan, by yet another damned IED. Of the 111 soldiers and three non-coms (two aid workers and a diplomat) killed since Canada joined the engagement in Afghanistan, over half have been killed by roadside bombs.
The three that were killed were part of a team actually designated to dismantling these soldier-killers, and were on their way to respond to reports of one outside of Kandahar. It is a sickening irony that on the way they struck the roadside bomb and were killed. The others in the vehicle have sustained serious injuries but are alive. We won’t know who or how many because the DND will not release that information.
This is the start of the third day of my friend’s mission in Iraq. Being unable to talk to him has my stomach in knots, and knowing I won’t KNOW if something happens to him means the knots are really well tied knots. When I read this, I can’t help but worry more about him.
Day three. He said three or four days. I hope I get home tonight to find a message from him. It will make me feel better at the least, ecstatic at the best.
I have never, ever wanted to be involved with a military man. I remember the devestation suffered by my friend and his family after his father died in Sarajevo.
