CP: Military stops reporting wounded soldiers

[tuvor]

The Canadian military has stopped reporting when soldiers are wounded in battle in Afghanistan and will instead deliver annual statistics to the public.

The policy shift is described as a deliberate attempt to keep the Taliban in the dark.

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The army does not want militants "to link the number of wounded with any particular incident," he (Canada's task force commander, Brig.-Gen. Dan Menard) said.

"If the insurgents knew how many soldiers were wounded in each particular incident, they could use this information to improve their tactics in the future and cause more Canadian casualties."

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/03/24/canada-afghanistan-wounded-soldiers.html

[daleo]

1. I think the Taliban knows the score in Afghanistan

The Canadian public is the one being kept in the dark.

[Spazito]

2. Gosh, how bushite of them....

talking points and all.