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-- KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A Canadian soldier travelling behind the senior commander in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province was killed today when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
Cpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30, was a member of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton.
He will be remembered.The victim of Friday's bombing, Cpl. Bulger, had spoken of his optimism for Afghanistan in a CBC-TV interview on Canada Day.
"There's a future here," said Cpl. Bulger, who was looking forward to a vacation in Ontario.
"When we're driving down the streets in rural areas, to look down into the eyes of the children that are there, you get a different perspective, I guess, than what I had when I first came here.
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4 comments:
Words cannot be enough.
Do you suppose that he is a desendant of Lt Andrew Bulger?
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/bulger_a.shtml
I pray for the fallen
God bless him
How many more young men and women will be sacrified here? I fear the Americans will pressure Canadians to stay after 2011.
I support our troops, but I think Canada has done more than her share. It is time for others to take our place.
patriciap
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quid, don't forget... we made a commitment to the people of afghanistan... we're fulfilling that commitment.
you get that, right?
anyway... in just about 8 years we've had 121 soldiers killed in afghanistan.
and while every death is a tragedy for these soldiers families & friends... it's also important to put things in perspective...
"In the decade from 1991-2000, there were 5,900 water-related deaths in Canada; of that total, 889 died fishing."
helping afghanistan evolve from a medieval religious theocracy to a true democracy is important, noble work.
i salute those who are willing to risk their lives to accomplish that.
we're gonna suffer casualties... that's why it's called war... and not "circle of friends".
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