Four Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

[szr]

Updated Sat. Apr. 22 2006 8:48 AM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Four Canadian soldiers have been killed in an attack in the Gumbad region of Afghanistan.

The men were travelling in a G-wagon about 75 kilometres north of Kandahar when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device, according to CTV's Sarah Galashan, reporting from Kandahar.

Three of the men were killed instantly. The fourth was airlifted to hospital, but died before he arrived.

Three of the men have been identified as Cpl. Matthew Dinning, Bombardier Myles Mansell, and Lieut. William Turner.

Dinning was born in Richmond Hill, Ont., and was stationed in Petawawa, Marshall was born in Victoria B.C. where he was also stationed, Turner was from Toronto but was stationed in Edmonton.

The fourth victim has not yet been identified.

The men were part of a convoy returning to Kandahar from Gumbad, where they had been stationed, Galashan said.

Just one day earlier Galashan had visited the soldiers in the Gumbad region, where they .

"When we were visiting just yesterday they thought their operations were going quite well, that they had really made an impact on that community," she told CTV Newsnet, adding: "Certainly they were aware there were these dangers."

Sixteen Canadians, including diplomat Glyn Berry, have now lost their lives in Afghanistan since 2002.

The news comes a day after Pte. Robert Costall was honoured in a memorial service in Edmonton.

Costall, 22, of the First Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed last month during firefight with Taliban insurgents at a remote base in Afghanistan.
T
he military is investigating the possibility that Costall's death may have been the result of friendly fire.

There are about 2,200 Canadian soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan.

The troops are committed in the region until early next year, although Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier has warned the international community may ask for continued support until a NATO-led mission ends in 2011.

More to come...link (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060416/afghanistan_soldier_060422/20060422?hub=TopStories)

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Cpl. Matthew Dinning(Department of National Defence photo)

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Bombardier Myles Mansell(Department of National Defence photo)

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Lieut. William Turner(Department of National Defence photo)


Rest In Peace

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/images/index_poppies.jpg

[-Max2-]

Damn... :(

RIP

[Rammy]

RIP

f*cking taliban.

[Maverick77]

RIP brothers

[NBSVieiraPT]

RIP :(

Peace to their warrior souls

[signatory]

damn again

rip

[tyovan]

RIP to our fallen Canadian brothers - us south of the border share your grief, for grief has no borders.

[Dronetek]

I salute these men.

Let us honor these men as warriors of what is good in the world. :( Americans will weep for our fallen brothers.

[DANJANOU]

RIP my brothers

[Far]

Thank you Canada for your sacrifice...RIP our brothers.

[guest]

This stuff always sucks

RIP

[Digital Marine]

RIP Brave Canadian soldiers:-(

[Caper]

We will remember. Today we stand with heavy hearts.

RIP with Valour and Honor

[Sabre]

Sad news. Good luck to those still out there.

RIP Lads.

[Johnny_H02]

RIP :(
My thoughts and condolences to thier families.

[p$ycho+log!cal]

RIP TO these brave guys!!!!!!

Support the troops!

[Frost]

RIP
Salute to these brave men

[demotivater]

Godspeed bros

RIP

[Greg_o]

RIP Soldiers... You will never be forgotten.

[Igor01]

Tragic loss.

RIP

[Bombtrack]

RIP.

The bad guys will get whats coming to them.

[HaRdLy]

Found this over at Army.ca

Echoes

Silent are the foreign fields
where they fought and fell.
We kneel beside their quiet graves
and recall the past we shared.

Reflections seen in running water,
footprints etched in virgin snow.
Remnants lodged in memory,
hidden in the mists of time.

Names carved into deep black stone,
anointed with our touch and tears.
Hear the plaintive tone of trumpet,
fleeting echoes of our friends.


© JR Hume, 2001,
revised 2006



R.I.P. my brothers

[frankie]

RIP to all ......
Strange observation.
The fourth solder has been identified.
His picture can be found on this site here
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=78497

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5917&d=1145161523

Less than a week ago some were trying to figure out what the man had on his shoulder.

CBC article

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/22/afghanistan-deaths060422.html

CBC picture

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/cdns_afghanistan_dnd.jpg

Saw his picture on the news and thought I had seen him before.
The hairs on the back of my neck stood up when i found it.
RIP all

[dacanadianbomb]

Rest in peace

[Vostok]

RIP to the fallen

[Zeruel]

I'm a ****. No honestly I am.

[Capit]

R.I.P brave men

and you rot in hell Zeruel

[Zeruel]

In hell I'll meet you with pitchfork.

[AlexNenadic]

Why don't you tell that to someone in person, you despicable POS?


-4 aggressors
R.I.P. (rest in pieces ;))

[Maine Finn]

In hell I'll meet you with pitchfork.

Hey, motherf*cker. Come here to Fort Sam and say that sh*t. I can guarantee that there's a whole battalion of soldiers - at least - who'd love to meet you.

[Jani.R]

Stop giving him the attention for loves sake, he will be banned soon.

[Ngati Tumatauenga]

Ignore him, its just badiel/damien the pathetic immature coward spouting **** again.

He'll soon be gone.

In the meantime he's simply an irrelevance.

[Zeruel]

Edited by Chops

[Maine Finn]

Ignore him, its just badiel/damien the pathetic immature coward spouting **** again.

He'll soon be gone.

In the meantime he's simply an irrelevance.

Understood, sir. Hooah.

RIP, brothers.

[Howie Kaluha]

Wow, you are a fighter? If so, why don't you and your friends show some bravery on a battlefield in Iraq? It's a great honor to come home in a new wooden topcoat.

P.S. Can't win a war with pathetic poor country, eh? Be ready to run home with kicked asses.

Man, I bet it just tickles you knowing your safe behind that computer screen, huh? You cocksucking ****.

[Maine Finn]

Man, I bet it just tickles you knowing your safe behind that computer screen, huh? You cocksucking ****.

Let it go, bro. Brass has been notified.

[Zeruel]

Edited by yep, you guessed it, Chops.

[Capit]

They are Canadians, moron

[szr]

I know it's a lot to ask for our stretched mod staff, but can we get a cleanup of all the posts made in reaction to the recurring halfwit? (including this post and those like it--restore the threads to their pre-troll states)

[JasonH]

Agressors, hahaha.

300 canadians died on 9/11 and countless others have died in years past with embassy attacks. Go check your facts you fourth grade peanut brained pencil neck. It's called defence. And defence of which extends past our borders of our country.

[Caper]

reply to the unrespectful edited so as to return the thread to its original intent with the utmost respect.

RIP

[EvanL]

RIP brave men.
I will have a drink for each of you tonight, for you shall never be forgotten.

[rhino]

RIP brothers, let our tears not weight you down

[Kingswat]

Rip



..........

[Ea$y-8]

Zeruel.
I am not mad, I am laughing. I am laughing because I am that guy who looks at you funny walking down the street because of the way you look. I am the guy who is with the girl you actually find cute but would never say anything about.
I am the guy who is laughing at you now in the one place where you feel safe. In front of a computer screen is where you can act out because you dont have the ability to do so anywhere else. Deep inside you want to be that comic character in your avatar, you really think you are him and it gives you stregth, but it really causes you to be mad when i make you realize that it isnt true and never will be. You arent him, you cant even be the person you are trying to be.
You come to this site and get booted by a mod and then come back under another name because the things these other guys say to you is the only attention you get and it is the only sensation you feel. I agree with what they say and they are right, but I am still laughing at you. You need it because you have nothing else. You come here because we are what you arent, or cant be.

I will never respond to anything you ever say again even if you respond to this, you dont deserve the chance.


rofl rofl rofl

Outstanding post! That must be one of the best posts in the history of MP.net!!!

[Wha_Dar]

RIP Canucks, fine axamples of Canadas best.

Condolences to famlies, friendsand a speedy recovery.

[Creeper]

As a former 'Nuffie' (when I was a kid), and recently earned the much prized Canadian Jump wings ( basic ) with my LRSC unit; I hold a close affection of all Canadians.

*SALUTE*
RIP.

[mack pl]

RIP




:-(

[Pete031]

It was hard to watch one of the Fathers on the News... Lets hope the rest we can get some payback....

[Pindeho]

:-( RIP, to le warriors

[seruriermarshal]

From other website

http://63.247.134.60/~pobbs/archives/images/canadawarcemetery.jpg

On Saturday, four Canadian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb outside the village of Gumbad, just north of Kandahar. The loss marks the single deadliest day of combat for Canadian troops since the Korean war. A total of 19 Canadian soldiers have now been killed in the four and a half year war on terror in Afghanistan.

Leave a message of support and/or encouragement for the Canadian troops standing up in the war on terror. It never hurts to go out of our way to acknowledge the sacrifices of our allies in this fight to nurture and protect freedom and democracy in a dark corner of the world.