Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:53 am
Canadian Soldier Killed in Kandahar
One Canadian soldier was killed and four others were wounded when their armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian military said Tuesday.
Trooper Karine Blais, 21, died at about 5 p.m. local time on Monday when the vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the Shah Wali Kot district, said Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, the commander of Canadian troops in Kandahar.
Blais was from the 12th Armoured Regiment of Canada based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier in Quebec. She was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment Battle Group, and is only the second female soldier to be killed since Canada first deployed troops to Afghanistan in early 2002.
In May 2006, Capt. Nicola Goddard died in a grenade attack in the Panjwaii district, west of the city of Kandahar.
A link to a photo's of Trooper Karine Blais.
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Trooper Karine Blais, 21, died at about 5 p.m. local time on Monday when the vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the Shah Wali Kot district, said Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, the commander of Canadian troops in Kandahar.
Blais was from the 12th Armoured Regiment of Canada based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier in Quebec. She was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment Battle Group, and is only the second female soldier to be killed since Canada first deployed troops to Afghanistan in early 2002.
In May 2006, Capt. Nicola Goddard died in a grenade attack in the Panjwaii district, west of the city of Kandahar.
A link to a photo's of Trooper Karine Blais.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/1 ... ml?ref=rss
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... TopStories