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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 06:10 PM
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Canadian mission loses 1st female soldier
Edited on Wed May-17-06 06:11 PM by Canadian Socialist
Last Updated Wed, 17 May 2006 15:45:26 EDT
CBC News

A female Canadian soldier was killed while fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Wednesday, said military officials.
Capt. Nichola Goddard, who was serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan, died in a military operation against Taliban forces.

Capt. Nichola Goddard had been serving in Afghanistan with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Before that, she was stationed with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Shilo, Man. Her age and hometown were not immediately known.

Brig.-Gen. David Fraser, who commands Canadian and coalition forces in Kandahar, offered his sympathies to Goddard's family.

"It's a hard day, but it's also a day of achievements here," said Fraser, who stood in front of a Canadian flag at half-mast. "The government of Afghanistan and the Afghan national security forces have had a good successful day. There was significant Taliban casualties both killed and captured.

"Unfortunately, the cost today was the life of Nichola."

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/05/17/afghanistan-cda.html?print">Get our forces out now!
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 06:36 PM
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1. I wanna see that flag at half mast.
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