Female Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan

[Swede]

A female captain in the Canadian armed forces was killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday during a military operation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported.

She was the 16th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since Ottawa sent troops to the war-torn country in the wake of the Sept. 11 suicide attacks. A Canadian diplomat was killed in a car bomb blast near Kandahar earlier this year

[Spazito]

1. Very sad

Harper is going to have an increasingly hard time trying to hide the ever increasing number of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan whether he continues to ban coverage of the return of their bodies.

Too bad the debate on extending the mission is going to be a rubberstamping exercise....or maybe not:


Conservatives in danger of losing vote on extending Afghan mission

OTTAWA (CP) - The fate of the Conservative government's plan to extend Canada's military mission in Afghanistan now lies in the hands of Liberal MPs.

The Bloc Quebecois, following in the footsteps of the NDP, announced Wednesday that it will vote against a motion to extend the mission by two years.

Liberal Leader Bill Graham said his MPs will be free to vote their conscience, meaning many will not support the motion.

snip

The power to deploy troops rests in the hands of the government, not Parliament. But if the motion fails to pass, Harper would be honour-bound not to extend the deployment.

more

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=6c7221da-096d-428f-9f4c-ac8bcf511bbf&k=8242

Hmmm, might be interesting to watch after all although Harper only needs 30 Liberals supporting him for this to pass and the Liberal members vote will be a free vote. What are the odds that 30 Liberals will support Harper....pretty good odds, imo, sadly.