Bomb kills Canadian soldier in Afghanistan
A Canadian soldier on foot patrol was killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan after stepping on an improvised explosive device, the military said. Sgt. John Faught, 44, is shown in this pre-deployment handout photo from National Defence. He was killed in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district by an IED on Saturday. (DND)
Sgt. John Faught, 44, of the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton, was taking part in a foot patrol with Afghan soldiers near the town of Nakhoney in the volatile Panjwaii district, about 15 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city, when the device detonated.
He lost his life after a homemade bomb exploded. That's all the military is saying right now, the CBC's Derek Stoffel reported from Kandahar.
He was just simply walking out greeting Afghans and the bomb exploded. That is how he died, Stoffel said. No one else was killed in the blast.
Faught , originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, was a very conscientious and thorough section commander who always put the needs of his soldiers above his own, said Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard. I offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends of our great fallen warrior.
.More than 1,000 soldiers said farewell Sunday to a Canadian comrade who lost his life to a buried bomb as he conducted a routine foot patrol with Afghan soldiers about 15 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City.
Pallbearers carried the casket of Sgt. John Wayne Faught, 44, into a military transport aircraft to begin the journey back to Canada. Faught is the latest of the 139 soldiers to die in the eight-year-old mission.
In Ottawa on Sunday, Defence Minister Peter MacKay paid tribute to Faught while taking part in a briefing on Canada's response to the earthquake in Haiti.
He was a career soldier and admired throughout the Canadian Forces family, and we mourn with his loved ones, MacKay said.
As the ramp ceremony took place, word came down that a U.S. soldier had also died in eastern Afghanistan.
The incident that killed Faught took place about 2 p.m. local time Saturday. No one else was injured. It was the third lethal attack on Canadian troops in the past three weeks.
With the sadness of Haiti, the members of the PPCLI and family and friends of Sgt. John Faught, now mourn the loss of another fine soldier. Another victim of the cowardly taliban. May he sit on the right hand of God. Condolences to his Family and Loved ones as well as his Brothers in arms.
Sadly Superintendant Douglas Coates RCMP has been found deceased in the rubble that is a big part of Haiti. May he rest in peace and may his family be supported in their grief
Never forget these men and women who have paid the ultimate price on behalf of others.
I Hope our Government denies this Criminal access to Canada, A coward to his own country has no place in Canadian Society;
An Iraq war resister who spent almost a year in prison after fleeing the United States to make his home in a small community in British Columbia was released Saturday and now says he wants to return to Canada.
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