Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday August 12, 2006 world a11 Soldier killed by suicide bomber Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Canadian Convoy by Don Mcarthur k Kandahar Afghanistan ? another Canadian Soldier has been killed in Afghanistan ? this time by a suicide bomber who detonated a vehicle filled with explosives near a Canadian resupply Convoy engulfing the soldiers a Wagon in flames and injuring civilians. The fiery explosion occurred on one of the main highways near the Border with Pakistan at about 3 30 . Local time yesterday the same Day two planes with new troops landed in Kandahar. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Soldier was the seventh Canadian to die since aug. 3., and the 26th to die since Canada deployed troops in Afghanistan in 2002. The Soldier whose name is being withheld at the killed last thursday and another Soldier injured when insurgents targeted a Canadian armoured vehicle with an red in a fierce fight in and around an abandoned school near Pash mul. Three Cana Dian soldiers were injured in another red strike that same Day. An red rocked a Canadian Convoy the next Day but there were no military injuries. On the same Day Reid was killed a Sui cide bomber targeted a Canadian con Voy in a crowded Panjai marketplace killing at least 21 civilians. The people of this country want us Here to help afghans help themselves said putt. Wherever we go in that regard we re still talking about a minor Ity looking for a spectacular effect and they will not defeat the past nine Days have been the dark est Canada has endured since joining the War on terror Here in 2002. It takes a toll on us because these Are our com request of his family was rades and we serve together killed just hours after a som we deeply Here for seven months so we Bre ceremony for master have to Deal with that As regret the loss Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh humans said putt. As sol who was killed by a Canad Diers nothing changes. We of a Fine and an weapon in a Friendly fire have to close ranks and get incident wednesday and on dedicated on with this and figure away the same Day pet. Kevin around Dallaire was Laid to rest in Soldier who yesterdays news came Ottawa. Just hours after More than Walsh a death is the focus died serving one thousand troops from of a negligence probe. Several nato countries his country the bomber who was Dri lined the Tarmac Here and ving in the opposite direct saluted As the body of Walsh ? col. Tom putt Tion from the canadians veered his vehicle toward the Convoy and detonated his deadly cargo. Two Canadian soldiers escaped from the a Wagon before it became engulfed in flames and no soldiers were injured. But the blast harmed an undetermined number of afghan civilians. It was several hours before Emer gency workers could Access the vehicle and remove the body of Canadas latest casualty. Meanwhile three coalition soldiers were killed during a Battle with Taliban fighters yesterday in northeastern Afghanistan the . Military announced. We deeply regret the loss of a Fine and dedicated Soldier who died serving his country said col. Tom putt Deputy commander of task Force Afghanistan. Our sympathy goes out to his family in this time of putt said Canadian and other coalition countries were attempting to counter act the increased use on the part of Tal iban insurgents of suicide bombings and improvised explosive devices or Beds. This is the major threat we face and this is the major threat we re putting All of our efforts into defeating said putt. We have to acknowledge the fact that the Taliban have largely been reduced to suicide bombings and red attacks because they cannot defeat the coalition with direct action which is what they claimed they were going to do from the outset particularly when we came Here in the Early Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid was was carried into the belly of a Hercules aircraft to begin the Long journey Home. Walsh based in Shilo man., with the second battalion Princess Patricia a Canadian Light infantry was killed after less than a week after arriving in Afghanistan. Canadas near daily tally of casualties is occurring during a month Long opera Tion that will see incoming troops replace about 2,000 Canadian soldiers stationed in Southern Afghanistan. The six other Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan since aug. 3 Are. Aug. 3, 2006 Cpl. Reid based in Edmonton with the first battalion Princess Patricia a Canadian Light infantry was killed in a Roadside bomb attack. Later the same Day sgt. Vaughn Ingram Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller and pet. Dallaire were felled by a rocket propelled grenade As they took on militants around an abandoned school near Pash mul. Six other Canadian soldiers were injured in the attack. Aug. 5, 2006 master Cpl. Raymond Arndt of the Edmonton based Loyal Edmonton regiment was killed when a a Wagon making a Supply run collides with a civilian truck. Three other Loyal Edmonton regiment soldiers were also injured in the crash Cpl. Jared Gagnon of Sherwood Park Cpl. Ashley Van Leeuwen of St. Paul and pet. Adam keen of Edmonton. Aug. 9, 2006 master Cpl. Walsh was shot in a Friendly fire incident. ? can West news service two servicemen Laid to rest funerals held for pet. Kevin Dallaire maj. Hess von Kruedener by Meagan Fitzpatrick Ottawa for the third time in Little Over a week a Canadian Soldier killed in Afghanistan was Laid to rest at the National military cemetery yesterday ? the same Day another Canadian sol Dier died in the conflict. The interment ceremony for pet. Kevin Dallaire yesterday was held under a Clear Blue sky in Ottawa. The 22-year-old died from a rocket propelled grenade attack near the Village of Pash mul on aug. 3. Three other soldiers died that Day and 10 were injured. It was Canadas bloodiest Day of combat in Afghanistan since the Mission started in 2002. But the violence has not let up and three More Canadian soldiers have died since then. The most recent Casu Alty happened yesterday in a suicide bombing. The soldiers name was withheld at the request of his family. At the National military ceremony what has become a familiar scene unfolded yesterday As an honour guard carried Dallaire a casket into the cemetery the last Post was played by a bugler three volleys of Rifle shots were fired and the Flag draping his coffin was presented to his family. Dallaire followed in his father gae tans footsteps and joined the military after High school. He was a member of the Princess Patricia a Canadian Light infantry based in Edmonton. His family said the Young Man was Adamant about going to Afghanistan despite the danger. Last wednesday Cpl. Francisco Gomez and Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren were also buried at the military Ceme Tery. They were killed in a suicide attack on july 22 near Kandahar City. Pet. Dallaire a interment ceremony in Ottawa want the Only funeral Hap pening yesterday for a Canadian sol Dier. Maj. Pasta Hess von Kruedener was later buried in Burlington ont. He was killed in Lebanon while serv ing As a United nations peacekeeper. An emotional memorial service was held thursday for the 43-year-old mar ried father who lived in Kingston ont. He had three months left on his one year Mission in Lebanon. Yesterdays death in Afghanistan happened after a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle filled with explosives near a Canadian resupply Convoy engulfing the soldiers a Wagon in flames and injuring civilians. The fiery explosion occurred on one of the main highways near the Border with Pakistan at about 3 30 . Local time yesterday the same Day two planes with new troops landed in Kan Dahar. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Soldier was the 26th to die since Canada deployed troops in Afghanistan in 2002. ? can West news service ;