Canadian soldier killed
A Canadian soldier was killed in Afghanistan Sunday when one of two roadside bombs he was trying to defuse exploded.
Cpl. Martin Dube, 35, was the second Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan in a week.
The explosion also killed an Afghan police officer and gravely injured a local interpreter.
Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance described Dube as “energetic” and as someone who believed in the Afghan mission. He said the combat engineer was always willing to help anyone in need.
“The IED that Martin was dismantling could have killed an entire family, as it was deliberately aimed at passing traffic,” Vance, the senior Canadian solider in Kandahar, said.
“His actions, his sacrifice, saved the lives of innocents.”
Dube was from 5e Regiment du Genie de Combat based at CFB Valcartier near Quebec City.
The explosion occurred just after noon in the Panjwaii district, which is about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.
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Jack Says:
Call me suspicious but I fault cellphone towers for many Canadian deaths. They are used to set off the roadside bombs and it’s time they were dispensed with until the province is secured.
Shut the towers down.
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
mike Says:
Scramblers or signal blockers have worked. When we had the CHOGM in Vcr, in 1986, every time a limousine passed by it was preceded by our portable radios going nuts. This was to prevent remote radio controlled detonations. However the bad guys could also program the devices to go off when the scrambler/blocker was activated so it is always having to adapt to the changes in tactics. (CHOGM- Commonwealth Heads of Gov’t Meetings).
mid island mike
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Jack Says:
That’s something to think about Mike but I still feel that the towers should be shut down because they are not only used to set off bombs…they are also used to set up our troops.
In the “stone age” (about ten years ago) our enemies did not have this capability and as we see it is lethal. A new general took over in Afghanistan today and I wouldn’t be pissing around with this if I were he.
The towers go.
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Mr.g Says:
Jack’s right.
Get rid of the Cell Towers and let them go back to communicating like before we infidels showed up— smoke signals and carrier pigeon.
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 11:03 pm