Suicide attack kills Canadians

[CHIMO]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two Canadian soldiers are among those killed in two horrific suicide attacks today in Afghanistan.

Eight other soldiers — all Canadians — were injured in the first attack, about 5:30 p.m. local time in Kandahar, when the bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into their vehicle.

It is by far the largest single-day number of casualties Canada has suffered in Afghanistan.

In a second bloody attack about an hour after the first, seven Afghan civilians were killed and another 30 were injured. Both bombers died in the explosions.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1153566556600&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

[Spazito]

1. I need to respond so that this thread doesn't slip into obscurity without

an acknowledgment that it is a sad, sad day all around. Thanks for posting this.

[daleo]

2. So they were Canadians

And eight more injured. Harper will let McKay handle this one. The propagandists will be spinning by the afternoon.

On edit - I think this may be the same unit Cpl Boneca was with:
"In the first blast Saturday, a Canadian Forces Bison armoured vehicle was at the tail end of a convoy of Canadians that was heading back to Kandahar Air Field following a gruelling two weeks of fighting. It was rammed by a car full of explosives around 5:30 p.m. local time, some six kilometres west of Kandahar, the Canadian Press reports."