More soldiers, tanks necessary to fight Taliban: Ottawa

[daleo]

Canada will send between 200 and 500 additional soldiers and a squadron of Leopard tanks to Afghanistan to battle resurgent Taliban fighters, the Canadian government said Friday.

The extra soldiers and equipment are "a necessary response to the Taliban," the Department of National Defence said in a release.

The department said it will add an infantry company from Quebec's Royal 22nd Regiment, the Van Doos, 15 Leopard tanks based in Edmonton and armoured engineering vehicles called Badgers to help with rebuilding projects.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/09/15/tanks-afghanistan.html

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I think the Badgers are for knocking down walls, and filling in trenches, much more than they are for reconstruction.

[Spazito]

1. So much for the denial that the tanks were for Afghanistan....

and saying they were being readied for an exercise. Pack of friggin liars. I also note that CBC didn't make note of the lie from the DOD re the tanks.

Edited to add link to article with DOD denying tanks going to Afghanistan:

DND denies rumour aging tanks bound for Afghanistan

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=732df853-5ac3-47eb-a080-e284cc6a6f1d

[daleo]

2. Yeah, that lie went down the memory hole. n/t

[arikara]

3. There was a group selling stuff at the flea market today

the proceeds are going to educate girls in Afghanistan. They said that no one is spending any money on education for girls.

Remind me again why we are over there? Didn't Harper say our soldiers were over there on some sort of feminist mission so girls could go to school? Warmongering monkey loving lying bastard that he is.