Canadians Dying Three Times As Fast As Their Allies: Globe and Mail
25 August 2007
Canadian soldiers are getting killed in Afghanistan at more than three times the rate of British troops in Helmand province and more than four times the rate of U.S. soldiers in the east and south, The Globe and Mail reports. The heavy losses are attributed to the increased use of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, by insurgent forces.
The IED threat is heightened "by the fact that Canadian troops have yet to receive the latest...
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