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The name of the valiant soldier slain in a friendly fire accident has just been released. Pte Mark Anthony Graham, 1RCR. More to follow.....
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Canadian killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan
Updated Mon. Sep. 4 2006 8:41 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Two U.S. warplanes accidentally strafed their own NATO forces in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing one Canadian soldier and seriously wounding five others.
The soldier has been identified as Pte. Mark Anthony Graham, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, based in eastern Ontario's CFB Petawawa.
The friendly fire incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. when soldiers trying to seize a Taliban stronghold along the Arghandab River requested air support.
NATO said in a statement that the International Security Assistance Force provided the support but "regrettably engaged friendly forces during a strafing run, using cannons." It later identified the planes as U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts.
NATO spokesman Maj. Scott Lundy said five soldiers were seriously wounded and evacuated out of Afghanistan for medical treatment.
"It was a scene of absolute chaos this morning at the airport near the hospital. We were there as helicopter after helicopter ferried in the wounded," CTV's Matt McClure reported from Kandahar.
Brig.-Gen. David Fraser, the Canadian in charge of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, said Operation Medusa will continue despite the casualties.
"This has been a tough hit, but Canadians are continuing the fight," he said in a statement released Monday.
CTV News has learned that the United States will launch its own probe into the incident, in addition to a NATO investigation currently underway.
"There has not been any official reaction from the United States government, but CTV News has learned Ambassador David Wilkins -- the U.S. ambassador in Canada -- phoned Prime Minister Stephen Harper first thing this morning," CTV's David Akin told Newsnet.
Wilkins expressed the regret of the U.S. government over the tragedy, and also indicated the government would launch its own investigation.
In Afghanistan, Fraser told reporters that friendly fire incidents are always a risk that soldiers must face.
"We do have procedures, we do have communications, we do have training and tactics and techniques and procedures to mitigate the risk but we can't reduce those risks to zero,'' he said in a news conference at Kandahar Airfield.
"The Canadian forces and the rest of armed forces of the world and the international community wouldn't be here if it wasn't dangerous.''
Monday's friendly fire incident was the second such incident since Canadians began operations in Afghanistan more than four years ago.
Four soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in April 2002 when an American F-16 fighter mistakenly bombed Canadians on pre-dawn training exercise.
The friendly fire death comes just one day after another four Canadian soldiers were killed and six wounded during Operation Medusa, a mission aimed at purging militants from the Taliban stronghold of the Panjwaii district west of Kandahar.
Two of the dead were identified Sunday as Warrant Officer Frank Mellish and Warrant Officer Richard Nolan, both of 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based at CFB Petawawa, Ont.
The third was identified Monday as Sgt. Shane Stachnik of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment based in Petawawa.
The name of the fourth was still being withheld at the request of the family.
Mellish was born in the small Nova Scotia town of Truro. The town lost another soldier just last month -- Cpl. Christopher Reid, killed during a battle with insurgents on Aug. 3.
"It's quite a shock," said Truro Mayor Bill Mills. "When I first heard the story this morning ... I had no idea that one of those gentlemen was from our area."
The battle continues
The past two days' deaths occurred as part of Operation Medusa, aimed at purging Taliban insurgents from the dangerous Panjwaii area, the site of intense fighting in recent weeks.
Taliban insurgents put up a stiff fight, using small arms and rocket propelled grenades to defend their positions.
Despite the casualties, NATO officials are maintaining that the offensive has been a success, estimating that 200 Taliban militants had been killed and 80 seized.
But a Taliban leader in south and southeastern Afghanistan rejected those claims as propaganda.
"They are saying that they have killed 200 Taliban but they did not kill even 10," Mullah Dadullah told the Associated Press in a satellite phone call from an undisclosed location.
Dadullah also warned that his fighters would "target" journalists who reported "wrong information."
The latest fatalities came as NDP Leader Jack Layton repeated his call for ending the Afghanistan mission in February 2007.
"Young people have stepped forward to put their lives on the line, fulfilling a mission that they were asked to fulfill," Layton told reporters in Toronto.
"What we as Canadians need to do is consider whether this is indeed the right mission for Canada going forward. Our view is that it is the wrong mission."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not address the possibility of a troop withdrawal in a statement on Sunday, in which he offered his condolences to the friends and families of those killed.
"We are proud of these soldiers' contribution to bring stability and hope to the people of Afghanistan," said Harper.
"These soldiers lost their lives in the service of their country. Canada is grateful for that service, and saddened by this loss."
In total, 32 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.
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Hi Mike and all, thanks for the good stuff here. I sent an email to the Landstuhl Hosp, Nato site requesting any info they could give on the best way[s] to contact our guys in there care, not as by named person but as soldiers of The RCR and Canadian Forces ,who have been wounded and are in their care. I do not know if thye can allow anything, but they may give us a mailing addres so we can send straight to them at the Hospital. Hope to hear back from them ,it is now going on 11 am in Germany, will give whatever info they give to all, so lets get writing those letters Mike.. as you said it is not as difficult as it seems when you first think about. ranrad
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Thanks buddy. Hopefully, you get a response toute suite.... Just watching CBC, Budz is in Landstuhle waiting for the boys to arrive. There are more then five, BTW, as eight made the trip and all but three are going to intensive care. Seven were wounded in the FF attack. On a good note, the nurses and doctors in Landstuhle has had lots of practice dealing with these kind of situation compliments of Iraq so..
On a solemn note, our fallen brothers, the dead, are also on the way home now. Watched the departure ceremony in the news, Geeez, five coffins being loaded onto the back of the plane.... Very sad...
Soldiers bid farewell to five fallen comrades
Updated Tue. Sep. 5 2006 6:54 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Canadian troops bid farewell to five fallen comrades at a solemn send-off ceremony in Afghanistan early Tuesday.
The sounds of bagpipes filled the air as five flag-draped coffins were carried onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kandahar Airfield.
Canadian Forces spokeswoman Lieut. Sue Stefko told The Canadian Press the plane is expected to touch down at CFB Trenton some time late Wednesday.
Four of the soldiers including Sgt. Shane Stachnik, Warrant Officer Frank Mellish and Warrant Officer Richard Nolan, all based at CFB Petawawa, Ont. were killed on Sunday during Operation Medusa, a mission aimed at purging militants from the Taliban stronghold of the Panjwaii district west of Kandahar.
The identity of the fourth slain soldier is still being withheld at the request of the family.
Lieut. Grant McDonald, a platoon commander who led an early morning hunt for Taliban soldiers on Tuesday morning, told CP the deaths of the two warrant officers will have a profound impact on the troops.
"The warrant officer is basically like a grandfather to the platoon,'' said McDonald. "He provides advice and lot of stability to the platoon and he's someone who the troops look towards as a strong leader.''
The fifth soldier, Pte. Mark Graham, was killed in the same area Monday when two U.S. aircraft accidentally opened fire on Canadians during a strafing run.
More than 30 others were wounded in the same friendly fire incident, which occurred when soldiers trying to seize a Taliban stronghold along the Arghandab River requested air support.
CTV News has learned that the United States will launch its own probe into the incident, in addition to a NATO investigation currently underway.
Wilkins expressed the regret of the U.S. government over the tragedy, and also indicated the government would launch its own investigation.
"There has not been any official reaction from the United States government, but CTV News has learned Ambassador David Wilkins -- the U.S. ambassador in Canada -- phoned Prime Minister Stephen Harper first thing this morning," CTV's David Akin told Newsnet on Monday.
Thirty-two Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have died since Canadian troops first arrived in Afghanistan in early 2002.
Bloc calls for emergency debate
As the death toll rose past 30 this weekend, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe called for an emergency debate on Canada's foreign policy and whether Canadian troops should withdraw from war-torn Afghanistan.
Duceppe said Quebecers increasingly feel as though Prime Minister Stephen Harper is aligned with U.S. President George Bush on foreign policy.
"I think they have more and more the impression that Harper is taking the same alignment that Bush is taking, and they are firmly against that," Duceppe told The Globe and Mail.
In a letter sent to Commons Speaker Peter Milliken requesting a debate, Bloc House Leader Michel Gauthier says the Tories have strayed from Canada's longstanding position "of mediation and balance" and from the "major values of the Québécois and Canadian populations, which are, I am convinced by it, resolutely peaceful."
Duceppe wants an emergency debate in mid-September before Harper delivers his maiden speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations late next month.
But his request doesn't leave much time, because the House of Commons resumes sitting on Sept. 18.
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Well, supposedly we got the bastards cornered. Ifg there was ever a time for NUKE and BYPASSS, this is it....
NATO: We have Taliban cornered
POSTED: 5:55 a.m. EDT, September 5, 2006
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -- NATO said on Tuesday its major offensive to crush a revitalized Taliban in southern Afghanistan is pushing the guerrillas into a corner as heavy fighting continues.
"We are closing the circle on the Taliban -- we have got the Taliban in a bit of a trap," NATO spokesman Major Quentin Innes said.
Last weekend NATO launched Operation Medusa, its biggest ground offensive against an increasingly active Taliban, in Kandahar province, the hardline Islamist group's spiritual heartland.
The operation is focused on Panjwai district, near the capital, Kandahar city, and is being supported by air strikes.
Panjwai has been the scene of a series of operations by Afghan and foreign forces this year. Several thousand civilians have fled in the face of previous battles and residents say many have died in the latest fighting.
Medusa was launched after NATO forces encountered stiffer-than-expected Taliban resistance as it took over the south from U.S.-led troops, the alliance's biggest-ever ground operation.
Casualties have been high. NATO says it has killed more than 200 guerrillas, a claim the Taliban disputes. At least five Canadian soldiers have died in combat and 14 British troops were killed when their plane crashed early in the offensive.
A Taliban spokesman said civilians had also been killed in the operation but Innes had no reports of civilian casualties.
But resident Mohammad Giran said civilians had taken the brunt of the death toll and accused NATO and Afghan troops of firing indiscriminately.
"Bombings happen day and night," Giran told Reuters by mobile phone from Panjwai. "If one Taliban dies, three civilians also get killed. In the past four days, 10 of my relatives have been martyred,
"The joint forces fire upon any one without making sure if he is a Talib or not. I think 20 Taliban may have been killed, the rest are all innocent civilians."
Taliban military chief Mullah Dadullah has threatened to target journalists spreading NATO propaganda. The Taliban says its casualties number barely a dozen.
Fighting across Afghanistan is the worst since U.S.-led forces ousted the Taliban in late 2001.
More than 2,000 people, most of them militants, along with scores of civilians and aid workers and hundreds of Afghan security personnel, have been killed so far this year. More than 115 foreign troops have died.
NATO's commander in Afghanistan, Lieutenant-General David Richards, has described Medusa as a pivotal campaign in putting down the Taliban to allow vital reconstruction and development.
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CBC Newsword has live images of the lads arriving in Landstuhle if anybody feels inclined to watch. The first lad just arrived, he has a large reception committee of US and Canadian medical staff and, judging my the equipment attached to the stretcher, he's going to need their help. May the Lord be with them all.
Meanwhile, back at the front...
700 Taliban trapped by Nato offensive
Nato and Afghan forces used artillery and air strikes overnight to keep up pressure on an estimated 700 Taliban trapped by an offensive that the alliance claims has killed at least 200 militants in southern Afghanistan, Nato said today.
Meanwhile, Nato leaders including Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and top commander US Gen. James Jones were in Afghanistan for talks with Afghan officials on a security and development accord and to assess progress in the alliance’s mission to stabilise the volatile south.
Nato’s Operation Medusa, launched on Saturday to flush out militants from a stronghold near the main southern city of Kandahar, has sparked some of the most intense fighting since the fall of the Taliban regime nearly five years ago.
Nato claims more than 200 Taliban have died – a figure strongly disputed by a top militant commander.
Five Canadian soldiers have also been killed, one in a friendly fire by a US warplane yesterday.
The Afghan Defence Ministry also said today that 200 militants had died since Saturday – increasing its previously reported toll of 89.
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The heads of NATO have arrived in Afghanistan... hopefully, they will address the shortages in manpower toute suite and, like Canada, step up to the plate.
NATO offensive kills 60 Taliban
Sep. 5, 2006. 10:36 AM
NOOR KHAN
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — U.S. artillery and airstrikes killed between 50 and 60 suspected Taliban militants Tuesday, the fourth day of a NATO-led offensive in southern Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said.
NATO already has reported more than 200 Taliban killed in the operation.
The U.S. troops, operating under NATO command, clashed with the militants in Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, where an offensive began over the weekend to flush out hundreds of Taliban fighters.
Maj. Quentin Innis, a NATO spokesman, said the troops had identified Taliban positions and the two sides had exchanged fire. He said the estimate of 50 to 60 killed was based on reports from troops looking through "weapons sights and other observation devices.''
He said there had been no NATO or Afghan troop casualties.
It wasn't possible for reporters to reach the site of the battle to independently confirm the death toll.
The Afghan Defense Ministry also said 200 militants had died since Saturday — increasing its previously reported toll of 89. The dead included four Taliban commanders and 12 of their bodyguards, a ministry statement said, citing intelligence reports.
Five Canadian soldiers have also been killed, one in a friendly fire incident Monday involving a U.S. warplane.
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban military commander for south and southeastern Afghanistan, has rejected NATO's claims of more than 200 dead.
Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the Taliban, said if NATO had killed so many Taliban fighters, they should show them to the media. He also denied that hundreds of Taliban militants were trapped in Panjwayi, and said its fighters were battling NATO and Afghan forces there. He spoke to an Associated Press reporter by phone from an undisclosed location.
Another NATO spokesman Maj. Scott Lundy said earlier Tuesday that an estimated 700 militants were "trapped" in an area spanning several hundred square miles in Panjwayi and Zhari districts, some in fortified compounds, others moving in the open.
NATO has also reported 80 Taliban have been arrested and that another 180 have fled the fighting — some of the most intense since the fall of the Taliban regime nearly five years ago.
"It's a complex battle space. Some (Taliban) elements are fixed, others are moving," Lundy said.
During Monday's clashes, a U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt warplane supporting NATO mistakenly strafed Canadian troops fighting Taliban forces in Panjwayi, killing one soldier and seriously wounding five.
A top U.S. general expressed sadness over the incident, which was being investigated by a board of military officers.
"The death or injury of each and every coalition member is a tragedy that saddens us, our families and the military and civilian members of the coalition," Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces said in a statement.
A 12-year old girl was killed and nine other civilians were treated for wounds from the fighting in Panjwayi at a Kandahar hospital, said Dr. Qayyum Pohya, the hospital's chief.
Fighting between resurgent Taliban militants and U.S. and NATO forces has left hundreds dead in the past four months — the deadliest violence since the pro-al-Qaeda Taliban regime's 2001 ouster.
The latest clashes came as NATO leaders, including Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and top commander U.S. Gen. James L. Jones, were in Afghanistan for talks with Afghan officials on a security and development accord and to assess progress in the alliance's mission to stabilize the volatile south.
The NATO chiefs, who arrived in Afghanistan late Monday, are due to travel around the country and on Wednesday meet beleaguered President Hamid Karzai. Their three-day visit will coincide with a trip to Kabul by neighboring Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan, a key Western ally in the war on terrorism, is under increasing pressure to crackdown on Taliban on its soil. Afghanistan claims militia leaders stay in Pakistan and that militants launch cross-border attacks. Pakistan denies the presence of Taliban leaders and says it has 80,000 troops at the border to stop infiltration.
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Canadian Press report....
Five Canadians injured in mortar attack
Canadian troops detain suspected Taliban insurgents in the combat zone in Panjwaii, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. Five Canadian soldiers have been wounded in new battles west of Kandahar but their injuries are not considered serious.
Canadian troops detain suspected Taliban insurgents in the combat zone in Panjwaii, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. Five Canadian soldiers have been wounded in new battles west of Kandahar but their injuries are not considered serious.
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Published: Tuesday, September 05, 2006
PANJWAII, Afghanistan - Five Canadian soldiers have been wounded in new battles west of Kandahar but their injuries are not considered serious.
The soldiers were injured when Canadian light armoured vehicles came under mortar attack around 6:30 p.m. local time.
The Canadians returned fire and called in NATO air strikes. Several buildings were seen in flames.
Hours earlier, Canadian soldiers came under rifle fire. In the clash that followed, one suspected Taliban militant was shot dead by Canadian troops. Three suspected insurgents were detained.
The clashes came after earlier battles and a friendly-fire incident left five Canadians dead and dozens injured in the Panjwaii district, west of Kandahar city.
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Hi Mike and all and thanks Mike for the great reports you have here. Thus far i have no reply from Landstuhl, so do no eeven know if i "hit" the right spot. Still hoping. I agree with you we all need to go out and get a bunch of Post cards and maybe send them to NDMC, if someone of authority can get a line in to them so cards. greetings are assured of getting to the guys intended. I winder if anything other than e mails would get to Landstuhl before the guys start coming home. I would imagine they will go to NDMC, as it is the closet full treatment center to their home base.I will keep watching for the answer from Germany. Maybe too we can get a national flag flying support going, with all towns, villages, hamlets and cities urging their citizens to fly a flag at there homes and work places.. followed up with the tv media getting these images to all the troops both here and over there.I hope that the Regt Adj. can come up with some help for us all to have a definitive contact with our men and women...they NEED to SEE that SUPPORT ,and they dang well deserve it. I say post cards because they are easier and quicker for our guys to read and enjoy, especially with pictures from home from all areas of the country.. thanks again Mike, i will info as soon as i hear something, and yes i watched as they loaded our guys and yes, i broke down, for them, ranrad
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Just heard one of the lads in Landstuhle had to have an surgical intervention. Pte. Michael Spence sustained a significant injury and is, at this moment, in the operating room. Have a prayer when you read this lads.
For a Royal in need.
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Hi Mike and all: I have not heard anything from Landstuhl and the Nato people so doubt if we will hear from them, likely a gag on talk, we will have to try elsewhere ,suggest NDMC as i am sure that is where our guys will go,sorry, ranrad
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Give it a couple of days, budz. They are probably to busy to respond at the moment...
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Update on Pte. Michael Spence. After hours of neurosurgury (head) he is intensive care in critical condition. The operations went well yet he is still in danger. Landstuhle now has a Cannuck Ward but, hopefully, the lads will be repatriated to Canada very soon.
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One of the Corporals from Charles Coy who will be unnamed as of yet at his families request, was hit with shrapnel from an RPG round. He was also hit by a round in the leg and another one in the left wrist. The wrist has some nerve damage. He will be under going surgery in the morning.
His wife heard that he will be flown to Trenton on Friday or Saturday, then on to Ottawa for follow-up care. Hospital unknown as of now. The Canadian Liasion Doctor said he is in good spirits. Fox news tried to film him and he gave them the finger.
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Thank You, John.
Its so hard to get information from here in Niagara. Please keep us updated as much as you can so we can ensure our thoughts are with em...
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