Two Canadian soldiers were killed and eight others were wounded Saturday in one of two suicide bombing attacks in Afghanistan near the coalition base in Kandahar.
Cpl. Jason Warren, top, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez were killed Saturday when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into their convoy. (Department of National Defence) Cpl. Francisco Gomez, 44, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton and Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren, 29, of Montreal's The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada died in the incident, CBC News reports. Seven Afghan civilians were also killed and 30 were injured in the bombings, it was reported.
Maj. Scott Lundy, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition forces, said a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a coalition vehicle.
This was the most serious attack on Canada's soldiers in Afghanistan since their arrival in February 2002. The death toll has now risen to 19 soldiers and one diplomat.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/22/soldiers.html(Posted in the Canadian forum by another poster, but it seems of more general interest as well, so I posted here).
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