Damn

Canada suffered its first female combat death since the Second World War when a woman soldier was killed during a lengthy firefight with Taliban insurgents Wednesday evening.

Capt. Nichola Goddard, of 1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based in Shilo, Man., was killed in action at 6:55 p.m., 24 kilometres west of Kandahar city, said Brig.-Gen. David Fraser, commander of the multinational brigade based in Kandahar.
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Written by jay on May 18th, 2006 with no comments.
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Shocked…

Yasser Arafat transferred millions of dollars in international aid and taxes transferred to the Palestinian Authority by Israel to purchase large quantities of weapons, the PA chairman’s former financial aide, Fuad Shubaki, has told the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency). Some of the Israeli money, Shubaki told his investigators, was also used to fund Palestinian terror groups.
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The Troll of Ramallah using humanitarian aid to buy guns. Surely not. the good news is that he is still dead.

Written by jay on May 18th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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By a Whisker

I’ve been busy. Too busy to do the political calculus which lead to tonights’ 149-145 vote in favour of extending the Canadian mission in Afghanistan by two years. It is important that the Tories won the motion and important that Canada’s commitment be affirmed. However, the Tories need not have taken the risk of being defeated.

Back when the Tories were in Opposition, I wrote a lot about the need for the Tories to hold the Liberals’ proverbial feet to the fire. The Liberals are not unaware of the Tories’ minority status and they are playing their hand. This near defeat - on extending a commitment the Liberals themselves made - should be a warning to the Tories and a reminder not to make the Joe Clark mistake of forgetting how to count.

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