Post A Reply
my profile
login
|
register
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
Allstocks.com's Bulletin Board
»
Hot Stocks Free for All !
»
FRPT 50M$ contract with US Army
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message Icon:
Message:
HTML is not enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jo4321: [QB] Three Canadian soldiers survive IED blast Brian Hutchinson, National Post Published: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=287462 PANJWAII DISTRICT, Afghanistan -- There was no mistaking the loud blast Tuesday afternoon just outside Zangabad village, a known Taliban haunt in Kandahar. It was another improvised explosive device. No one was killed this time, but it was the worst way possible for three Canadians soldiers from an explosives ordnance unit to find the IED. They hit the device while moving towards Zangabad in their Cougar, a large armoured bomb-hunting vehicle. The explosives were apparently tucked underneath a culvert, just 400 metres or so from an Afghan National Police substation. The Cougar was tossed sideways and the culvert partially destroyed. No one was seriously hurt. Two of the soldiers received minor injuries but all three were able to walk away from the incident. They were quickly taken by Canadian medics to a forward operating base in Panjwaii district. "The vehicle did its job," said spokeswoman Capt. Josee Bilodeau. The trio was leading an advance team into Zangabad. Behind it, forming a line almost four kilometres long was a large convoy nearing the end of a two-day re-supply operation here. Comprising dozens of armoured vehicles and transport trucks, the convoy was slowly moving from one police substation to another, dropping off equipment and food and picking up Canadian soldiers. Despite taking precautions -- and having the benefit of aerial cover, sophisticated mine-detection paraphernalia, and Leopard II tanks -- those in front of the operation failed to notice the hidden IED. The explosion occurred at 1242 local time. Soldiers waiting further down the line recognized the sound immediately. "I thought we'd cleared that road," said one, from inside his light-armoured vehicle. "I guess not," replied his crew mate. The IED strike wasn't the only incident during their operation. On Monday afternoon, the same re-supply convoy wheeled into Mushan, another Taliban stronghold just a few kilometres west of Zangabad. Troops had been warned that insurgents are active there. Maj. Trevor Gosselin, the tank officer commanding C-Squadron, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), told soldiers prior to departure Monday that "a lot is going to happen in the next 48 hours." "Nobody will [mess] with this much armoured firepower and get away with it," he added. After nightfall, with most of the Canadians already in their sleeping bags, word came that insurgents had been spotted nearby, digging on a local road. A key travel route, the road connects Mushan to Zangabad and other villages along the south bank of the Arghandab River. It has frequently been used by Canadian military convoys but is now considered very dangerous. An airplane was soon heard overhead. Then came a flash and two loud explosions. This was not the result of another IED blast: rather, a pair of bombs had smashed onto the road. They were dropped by an American jet fighter. Two more bombs hit within the next 10 minutes. No confirmed reports of insurgent casualties were available. Despite everything, the re-supply effort concluded Tuesday afternoon, on schedule and without further trouble [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
Contact Us
|
Allstocks.com Message Board Home
© 1997 - 2021 Allstocks.com. All rights reserved.
Powered by
Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic™ 6.7.2