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No confirmation of Canadian deaths
OTTAWA -- Canadian diplomats have yet to confirm reports twoCanadians died in a suspected U.S. missile strike against a militanthideout in Pakistan amid increasingly aggressive U.S. militaryoperations in the tribal lands bordering Afghanistan. Canadian HighCommission officials in Islamabad had reported no information on themen Wednesday night, said Rodney Moore, a Foreign Affairs spokesman.The two men were among several people believed killed Saturday aftera missile struck a house in the South Waziristan region of northwestPakistan's ethnic Pashtun tribal areas known to be thick withal-Qaida and Taliban militants, the Pakistani newspaper Dawnreported. It said local people saw a plane, possibly a U.S. unmanneddrone, fly over before the missile struck a house just outside Wana,the main town in the region. U.S. drones have attacked Pakistaniborder regions several times this year, killing dozens of militants.
Canada.com – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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OTTAWA -- Canadian diplomats have yet to confirm reports twoCanadians died in a suspected U.S. missile strike against a militanthideout in Pakistan amid increasingly aggressive U.S. militaryoperations in the tribal lands bordering Afghanistan. Canadian HighCommission officials in Islamabad had reported no information on themen Wednesday night, said Rodney Moore, a Foreign Affairs spokesman.The two men were among several people believed killed Saturday aftera missile struck a house in the South Waziristan region of northwestPakistan's ethnic Pashtun tribal areas known to be thick withal-Qaida and Taliban militants, the Pakistani newspaper Dawnreported. It said local people saw a plane, possibly a U.S. unmanneddrone, fly over before the missile struck a house just outside Wana,the main town in the region. U.S. drones have attacked Pakistaniborder regions several times this year, killing dozens of militants.
Canada.com – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Taliban kill 3 Canadian soldiers
Three Canadian soldiers died yesterday morning when theirvehicle came under attack by insurgents in the volatile ZhariDistrict of Kandahar province.
Canada.com – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Three Canadian soldiers died yesterday morning when theirvehicle came under attack by insurgents in the volatile ZhariDistrict of Kandahar province.
Canada.com – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Secret mission gets turbine through Taliban territoryKAJAKI, Afghanistan -- The commander of British forces inAfghanistan lauded the successful delivery of a turbine in Helmandprovince on Tuesday, calling it the "end of the beginning" of thecampaign against the Taliban.
Canada.com – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Slain Windsor soldier a 'hero'Describing as heroes his slain older brother Andrew and two fellowsoldiers killed in a Taliban attack Wednesday, Matthew Grenon, 14, iscalling on Canadians to “keep praying for our forces and for worldpeace.”
Canada.com – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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U.S. Troops Crossed Border, Pakistan Says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 3 -- Helicopters carried U.S. and Afghan commandos many miles into Pakistan on Wednesday to stage the first U.S. ground attack against a Taliban target inside the country, Pakistani officials said. At least 20 local people died in the raid, according to the officials.
Washington Post – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 3 -- Helicopters carried U.S. and Afghan commandos many miles into Pakistan on Wednesday to stage the first U.S. ground attack against a Taliban target inside the country, Pakistani officials said. At least 20 local people died in the raid, according to the officials.
Washington Post – Sep 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Dog pens not used for Taliban
AUSTRALIAN troops did not use dog pens to hold four Taliban prisoners overnight, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says.
News.com.au – Sep 4, 2008 03:37 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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AUSTRALIAN troops did not use dog pens to hold four Taliban prisoners overnight, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says.
News.com.au – Sep 4, 2008 03:37 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Wounded Digger to be moved to Germany
AN Australian soldier badly wounded in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan remains seriously ill and will be transferred to medical facilities in Germany later today, the defence chief says.
News.com.au – Sep 4, 2008 02:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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AN Australian soldier badly wounded in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan remains seriously ill and will be transferred to medical facilities in Germany later today, the defence chief says.
News.com.au – Sep 4, 2008 02:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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US confirms raid inside PakistanAP - American forces conducted a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known foreign ground assault against a suspected Taliban haven. Pakistan's government condemned the action, saying it killed at least 15 people.
Yahoo! – Sep 4, 2008 01:40 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Big turbine delivered to Afghan aid project
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- It was a weeklong journey through Afghanistan's most dangerous Taliban territory, dodging persistent attacks by insurgents and bumping over rough desert terrain riddled with mines....
AP – Sep 3, 2008 10:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- It was a weeklong journey through Afghanistan's most dangerous Taliban territory, dodging persistent attacks by insurgents and bumping over rough desert terrain riddled with mines....
AP – Sep 3, 2008 10:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Reported U.S. attack upsets Pakistan
US forces may have sent in ground troops for the first time Wednesday. Were they targetting a top Taliban or Al Qaeda figure?
The Christian Science Monitor – Sep 3, 2008 9:07 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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US forces may have sent in ground troops for the first time Wednesday. Were they targetting a top Taliban or Al Qaeda figure?
The Christian Science Monitor – Sep 3, 2008 9:07 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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