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Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard during a patrol in Panjwayi district, some 30 kms to the west of Kandahar province, in March 2008. A Canadian soldier travelling in the same convoy as the commander of Canadian forces in Afghanistan was killed in an improvised explosive device attack, the Canadian military said Friday. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Cpl. Nicholas Bulger was killed and five soldiers injured when ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:18:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Cpl. Nicholas Bulger was killed and five soldiers injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near their armoured vehicle during a patrol in the Zhari District. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-DND

Soldiers re-enact a battle at Old Fort Niagara in this undated ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:28:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Soldiers re-enact a battle at Old Fort Niagara in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Old Fort Niagara

Canadian Master Cpl. Martin Bouchard (left) holds a Russian ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:57:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian Master Cpl. Martin Bouchard (left) holds a Russian anti-personnel mine found on a foot path next to a field in the in the village of Salavat, Afghanistan, on Friday, June 19, 2009 as an Afghan soldier checks some wiring found with it. The combat engineer destroyed the mine by blowing it up. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

Canadian soldiers and civilians mingle in front of the Dand ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian soldiers and civilians mingle in front of the Dand district centre in the 'model village' of Deh-e Bagh just south of Kandahar city on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

Canadian Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, senior military commander ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:47:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, senior military commander in Kandahar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel/ file

Canadian soldiers patrol in the north of Kandahar province in ...

(AFP) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian soldiers patrol in the north of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. Since the beginning of the year, Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar has ordered a spate of suicide bombings and assassinations in southern and eastern Afghanistan that presage a bloody phase to come in the Afghan war, the Wall Street Journal has said. Photo:John D Mchugh/AFP

Canadian soldiers carry the coffin of Corporal Martin Dube during ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers carry the coffin of Corporal Martin Dube during a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, June 15 2009. Dube, 35, was killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Panjwayi district on Sunday. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Farid Ahmad Fayaz, 22, an Afghan interpreter for Canada's soldiers, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:55:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Farid Ahmad Fayaz, 22, an Afghan interpreter for Canada's soldiers, seen at a Canadian strongpoint in the Arghandab district just north of Kandahar on Sunday, June 14, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

Canadian Cpl. Martin Dube, 35, is shown in a handout photo. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:48:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian Cpl. Martin Dube, 35, is shown in a handout photo. Dube, a combat engineer, was killed in Afghanistan, Sunday, June 14, 2009 when an improvised explosive device he was attempting to defuse exploded. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance, head of Canadian Forces in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance, head of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, announces the death of a Canadian soldier at Kandahar Airfield June 14, 2009. Canadian Army Corporal Martin Dube, 35, was killed by an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Panjwayi district. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)

A Canadian soldier runs in a grape field as they clear a compound ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier runs in a grape field as they clear a compound during a night patrol in Kandahar city, June 13 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)

A Canadian soldier sits inside an armoured vehicle during a ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier sits inside an armoured vehicle during a night patrol in Kandahar city, June 13 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)

Canadian soldiers stand outside their armoured vehicle during ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers stand outside their armoured vehicle during a night patrol in Kandahar city, June 13 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)

A Canadian soldier stands guard during a night patrol in Kandahar ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier stands guard during a night patrol in Kandahar city June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)

An Afghan man stands at the entrance of his store as he listens ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan man stands at the entrance of his store as he listens to Canadian soldiers' questions during a night patrol in Kandahar city June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)

A Canadian soldier walks in a grape field as they clear a compound ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier walks in a grape field as they clear a compound during a night patrol in Kandahar city, June 13 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Canadian soldier walks past a graffiti of the name of Kabul's ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier walks past a graffiti of the name of Kabul's Ariana Football Club during a patrol in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Canadian soldiers walk under power lines during a patrol in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers walk under power lines during a patrol in Kandahar city, June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)

Afghan men listen to Canadian soldiers during a visit to a school ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan men listen to Canadian soldiers during a visit to a school in Kandahar city, June 11, 2009. The soldiers were checking if the school could be a possible polling station for the upcoming elections. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY ELECTIONS)

Afghan girls walk behind soldiers from the Canadian forces as ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan girls walk behind soldiers from the Canadian forces as they patrol in Kandahar city, June 11 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Canadian soldier walks past a graffiti of the name of Kabul's ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier walks past a graffiti of the name of Kabul's Ariana Football Club during a patrol in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Canadian soldier walks past a wealthy neighbourhood during ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier walks past a wealthy neighbourhood during a patrol in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)

A Canadian soldier patrols Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier patrols Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)

An Afghan man talks to a Canadian soldier and an interpreter ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan man talks to a Canadian soldier and an interpreter as the soldiers patrol Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)

A Canadian soldier casts his shadow while on a patrol in Kandahar ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier casts his shadow while on a patrol in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)

An Afghan boy watches Canadian soldiers patrol in Kandahar city ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan boy watches Canadian soldiers patrol in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS)

An Afghan man talks to a Canadian soldier and an interpreter ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan man talks to a Canadian soldier and an interpreter during the soldiers' patrol in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)

An Afghan boy watches a Canadian soldier patrol in Kandahar ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan boy watches a Canadian soldier patrol in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY)

Canadian soldiers carry the body of fellow Canadian soldier ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers carry the body of fellow Canadian soldier Alexandre Peloquin into a C-130 to be repatriated to Canada during a ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 9, 2009. Peloquin was killed by a bomb blast while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan on Monday, military officials said. He was the 119th member of Canada's armed forces to die in Afghanistan. Picture taken June 9, 2009. REUTERS/Cplc Jonathan Johansen/Handout (POLITICS CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A Canadian soldier walks past a pile of destroyed patrol cars ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier walks past a pile of destroyed patrol cars which were blown up, at an Afghan police station in the center of Kandahar city, June 9 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)

Canadian soldiers walk past a pile of destroyed patrol cars ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers walk past a pile of destroyed patrol cars which were blown up, at a Afghan police station in the center of Kandahar city June 9, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Canadian soldiers from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) walks into an Afghan police station in the center of Kandahar city, June 9 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)

Canadian Pte. Alexandre Peloquin, 20, is shown in a military ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:14:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian Pte. Alexandre Peloquin, 20, is shown in a military handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Department of National Defence

Canadian Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance announces the death of Pte. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:18:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance announces the death of Pte. Alexandre Peloquin, 20, who was killed in a roadside blast, at the Kandahar Airfield on Monday, June 8, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

A Canadian soldier surveys the landscape during a dawn patrol ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:10:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A Canadian soldier surveys the landscape during a dawn patrol in the Dand district near Kandahar city, Afghanistan on Monday, June 8, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

Canadian military personnel take cover in a bunker outside their ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian military personnel take cover in a bunker outside their offices after a rocket attack alarm sounded at Kandahar Airfield June 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper comforts veteran Phil LeBreton, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:13:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper comforts veteran Phil LeBreton, 87, of Montreal as they stand at a tomb of an unknown soldier at the Canadian War Cemetery in Beny-sur-mer in France, on Saturday June 6, 200, as he visits Normandy to take part ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

(L-R) Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canada's Prime ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - (L-R) Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy attend a D-Day commemoration at the U.S. military cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer June 6, 2009. Brown, Harper and Sarkozy, joined U.S. President Barack Obama at Saturday's ceremony held under overcast skies -- much better than the winds and rain that marked D-Day. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER Canadian ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER Canadian Normandy campaign veteran Okill Stuart (top, 3rd L) and an unidentified U.S. veteran (top R) gesture to U.S. President Barack Obama (front L) after he finished his speech during a D-Day commemoration at the U.S. military cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer June 6, 2009. Pictured are (Front row, left to right) Obama, Britain's Prince Charles, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE POLITICS ANNIVERSARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Canadian soldier smokes outside his tent decorated with lights ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier smokes outside his tent decorated with lights at Kandahar Airfield June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is shown in this photo. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is shown in this photo. Harper took part Saturday in a tribute to Canadian soldiers who 65 years ago charged into the teeth of withering German fire on Juno Beach. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

A Canadian soldier plays hockey at Kandahar Airfield June 6, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier plays hockey at Kandahar Airfield June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY SPORT FIELD HOCKEY POLITICS)

Canadian soldiers sit outside a tent decorated with lights at ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers sit outside a tent decorated with lights at Kandahar Airfield June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT ODDLY)

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) stands with Phil ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) stands with Phil LeBreton, 88, a Normandy campaign veteran from Montreal of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, at a grave of an unknown soldier at the Canadian military cemetery in Beny-sur-Mer June 6, 2009. Hundreds of veterans are gathering in Normandy to remember the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE ANNIVERSARY MILITARY POLITICS OBITUARY)

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (C) walks with Phil LeBreton ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (C) walks with Phil LeBreton (L), 88, a Normandy campaign veteran from Montreal of the Queen's Own Rifles Of Canada, and youth delegate Christopher Bernard, 17, of Gatineau at the Canadian military cemetery in Beny-sur-Mer June 6, 2009. Hundreds of veterans are gathering in Normandy to remember the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE POLITICS OBITUARY ANNIVERSARY)

Colonel Andre Corbould (R), commander of 1 Canadian Mechanised ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colonel Andre Corbould (R), commander of 1 Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group, addresses a reception welcoming home 125 soldiers who recently returned from Afghanistan, at Edmonton Garrison June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber (CANADA POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

A boy stops cutting wheat to watch a convoy of Canadian military ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy stops cutting wheat to watch a convoy of Canadian military forces in the Panjwai district of Kandahar, May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN AGRICULTURE CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A canadian soldier works out at FOB Masum Ghar in Kandahar, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A canadian soldier works out at FOB Masum Ghar in Kandahar, May 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY CONFLICT)

A Canadian soldier works out at Forward Operating Base (FOB) ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier works out at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Masum Ghar in Kandahar, May 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)