CanuckStories with a Canadian angle |
| Last modified: |
|
1/2/2006; 10:37:10 |
| Bookmarks: |
|
|
|
Trigger-happy cowboy.  < 1:51:53 PM>.CBC News: Military releases names of 'friendly fire' victims: "The four soldiers killed are: * Sgt. Marc Leger * Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer * Pte. Richard Green * Pte. Nathan Smith " X < 1:11:20 PM>.School's out for many Canadian books Toronto -- Canadian literature is enjoying great success internationally, but few Canadian books are being taught at the high-school level in this country, according to a study released by the Writers' Trust of Canada. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts] < 1:01:58 PM>.Canada: Joint military command with U.S. possible. CNN Europe Apr 17 2002 7:10PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Argh! < 12:00:16 PM>.CNN.com - Transcripts 'COSTELLO: We are getting a lot of e-mails this morning, Elaine, from our viewers in Canada wondering how something like this could have happened. These were sizable bombs.' < 11:54:44 AM>.U.S. bomb kills 4 Canadian soldiersTHE ACCIDENT appears to have occurred because the pilot of the U.S. jet, one of two Air National Guard F-16s in the area at the time, didn[base ']t know he was flying over an area restricted for training [~] and so fire from the training exercise made him believe he was under attack, officials at the Pentagon told the Associated Press. What was it I wrote late last night? < 3:00:10 AM>.Bomb Mistake Kills Canadians. CBS News Apr 18 2002 0:16AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] 'Navy Commander Frank Merriman, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida, confirms that a U.S. F-16 mistakenly dropped at least one laser-guided bomb on Canadian forces.' < 2:55:39 AM>.Errant US Bomb Kills Canadian Troops 'An American fighter jet mistakenly dropped at least one laser-guided bomb on Canadian forces in Afghanistan during a live-fire training exercise Wednesday. Canadian officials said four soldiers were killed and eight were injured.' A small sidebar under a major headline on the front page of the NYT site. < 2:43:07 AM>.No story yet at http://www.nationalpost.com/. I guess they don't update their site that often. < 2:34:44 AM>.CNN.com - 'Friendly fire' incident kills 4 Canadian soldiers - April 18, 2002 'KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Four Canadian soldiers were killed and eight wounded near Kandahar on Thursday when a U.S. F-16 dropped at least one 500-pound laser-guided bomb on them during a training mission, according to U.S. and Canadian military officials.' It's not the top story at CNN, but it is on the front page. And just this moment I saw it presented as the third or fourth story on their Headline News channel. The wording is very tepid. < 2:27:19 AM>.The Globe and Mail: Four Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan : "Sources said Wednesday that Canadian and American officials were baffled by the colossal blunder." < 2:15:58 AM>.I finally see a scrolling box on CNN mentioning the bombing. Haven't seen anyone talk about it yet. Must check out the news websites. < 1:21:00 AM>.CBC News: Canadian soldiers dead in Afghanistan: "Henault called the deaths the first loss of Canadian lives in an offensive operation since the Korean War in the 1950's. " Trigger happy American's? Gosh that's not a nice thing to say, is it? < 1:03:48 AM>.Finally, CBC Newsworld has the story at the top of the hour. Four dead, eight injured, two with life-threatening injuries. F-16 dropped a bomb on a known training area. "How this sort of thing can happen is a mystery to us." The military spokesman sounds quite shaken.
Bush called Chrétien with his condolences and offers of cooperation in the investigation.
But I think war is wrong. Now do you know why I'm pissed?! Fuck! And so it begins. |
| Archive: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On this day in |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navigation: |
|
Home The Arts Audio Canuck Fallout Macs Microsoft Music Photography thingsUserland Weblogging   |
|