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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (13812)	4/18/2002 11:57:10 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Looks like we should communicate better with our allies. US bomb kills allies in Afghanistan This is the latest in a series of military accidents A US fighter plane in Afghanistan has accidentally bombed a group of Canadian troops, killing four soldiers and injuring eight others. The incident, which occurred during a routine training exercise, happened near the southern city of Kandahar, 14 kilometres (eight miles) from the airport. US officials said initial reports suggested that the pilot of at least one of a group of F-16 fighter planes had mistaken a live-fire exercise for hostile fire. The aircraft reported being fired on and were given clearance by their air controller to return fire, the officials said. The soldiers are the first Canadians to be killed in the US-led campaign against Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan. Two of those injured have life-threatening wounds and correspondents say it is the worst accidental bombing of the six-month Afghan campaign. Canadian officials said their troops were engaged in what they described as live-fire training exercise, when a US F-16 dropped one or two 500-pound (225 kg) bombs on them. Canada's defence chief Lieutenant General Ray Henault said the area was recognised as a training area and the aircraft were using strictly controlled routes. Questions The Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, said US President George Bush had called to offer condolences and pledged to co-operate with the Canadian investigation into the incident. "As to the circumstances of what appears to have been a terrible accident, clearly there are many questions that the families, and all Canadians, expect to have answered," he said in a statement. Reporting from the British Royal Marine's base in Bagram, the BBC's Jonathan Charles says one question which will be asked is whether the American Air National Guard should be operating in Afghanistan. He says the pilots are reservists who generally fly civilian planes and are called up for service when required. British marines are conducting operations in the mountains of the south-east of the country and are being given US air support for their missions - the latest "friendly fire" incident is likely to raise new safety concerns among them. These are the first Canadian deaths in a military campaign since the Korean War in the early 1950s. More than 700 Canadian soldiers are deployed in Afghanistan and are operating out of Kandahar. On Monday, four American soldiers were killed while blowing up unexploded rockets, also near Kandahar.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (13812)	4/18/2002 1:44:37 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 23908

Wow, that's a nice shot at Cal, and he had it coming. Tom

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (13812)	4/18/2002 7:25:27 PM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 23908

Nope I haven't read Cal Thomas. I read Gustave Adolfe Goebbels. Hi GAG ! How come you don't answer my post where I ask you if you post political lobby on Abdulla Saudia weekly or so rape of his twelve years old brides. BTW how many wives under fifteen does he have ? How does he rates compared to other males. Assad, Khadda, Morocco, etc. You only count US billion of dollars, who in Holywood is dating. That is finished now. You have to cover the royal and princes marriages like for the UK. Or beware of the vengeance of the virgins. Those you have cowardly abandoned. it is not too late, GAG. Unless your soul has been sold. AND IF YOU DID NOT POST, HOW COME GAG ? (Just imagine it is Sharon who rapes them kids, and your PC will start shooting like any Texan pistol on any Saddam target.