Canada to send 5 soldiers to boost NATO in Kosovo
CFB GAGETOWN -- Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Canada will send five soldiers to Kosovo to help a NATO-led peacekeeping force.
They will be deployed for 12 months to NATO's peacekeeping headquarters in Pristina, capital of the former Serbian province.
The minister says the military members, described as defence planners, will be drawn from various bases across the country.
They're main role will be co-ordinating funds and equipment sent from donor countries.
A UN-sanctioned, international peacekeeping force -- now 15,000-strong -- rolled into Kosovo in June 1999 after 300,000 Kosovars fled their homes amid fighting between the Kosovo Liberation Army and forces from Serbia and the former Yugoslavia.
A New Cold War is this possible? ? ? yes certainly the US and Russia are at odds over Georgia and this may lead to a major diplomatic fallout. Former President Gorbacov on Larry King Live said the following> Gorbachev said the United States is jeopardizing its fragile relationship with Russia by backing Georgia. I am sure that this will concern for many Canadians, who have relations in the Caucasus.
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I as a Dog Man love this story from Afghanistan. Despite the terrors of Combat with insurgents this story made me smile. U.S. coalition dogs bite two Taliban militants
Updated Fri. Aug. 15 2008 8:26 AM ET
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. coalition dogs bit two fleeing suspected Taliban militants during an operation in eastern Afghanistan in which a total of eight insurgents were detained, the coalition said Friday.
The raid Thursday in the Muslim country's Paktika province targeted a Taliban sub-commander wanted for kidnapping, killing Afghan soldiers and involvement in roadside attacks, it said.
During the operation, two militants attempted to flee and were pursued by coalition military working dogs, the coalition said in a statement. Both militants received dog-bite injuries, one of which required treatment on scene by coalition medical personnel.
1st Lt. Nathan Perry, a coalition spokesman, would not say what kind of dogs were used in the raid, but said the troops will use dogs when we need to. Perry did not know if the targeted Taliban sub-commander was among those detained and the statement did not specify.
In Islamic tradition, dogs are shunned as unclean and dangerous.
At risk of upsetting some readers Dogs are an integral part of war and they are still man's best friend.
Please show your support for your troops serving Canada throughout the world. Wear Red on Friday Hang up a Yellow ribbon.
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