4 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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Four Canadian soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Department of National Defence has confirmed.

The four were travelling in an armoured jeep called a G-wagon when it struck an improvised explosive device, 70 kilometres north of Kandahar city, around 7:30 a.m. local time Saturday.

Three of the men died at the scene, near Gumbad, a small outpost established by the Canadians two months ago. The fourth died en route to the hospital at the coalition air base in Kandahar.

The defence department has identified three of the Canadians:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/22/afghanistan-deaths060422.html

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