[quote=The Globe and Mail]
The death toll among Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan rose to 155 Sunday when 24-year-old Corporal Yannick Scherrer of Montreal was killed by a roadside bomb.
Cpl. Scherrer was on foot patrol near Nakhonay, southwest of Kandahar City, when he died.
He was a member of the 1st Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment, based in CFB Valcartier in Quebec.
It was his first tour of duty in Afghanistan, an uncle of the slain soldier confirmed in a brief telephone Interview. The uncle declined to elaborate, saying any further information should come from Cpl. Scherrer's father, who was not immediately available.
Cpl. Scherrer was the first Canadian to die in Afghanistan since Dec. 18, when Cpl. Steve Martin was killed, also felled by an IED.
Cpl. Sherrer was on a security patrol with the Afghan National Army when he was killed Sunday.
Just the day before his death, Cpl. Scherrer wrote on his Facebook page that he was looking forward to a leave in Thailand in two weeks.
He had been in Afghanistan since December. His rotation was to end in July.
"it's been a month I've been gone, I've got six more. Damn it's a long time," he wrote on Facebook in January.
Other posts alluded to the violence he witnessed.
"He had guts coming out of the belly," he wrote three weeks ago, without giving more details.
"When I'll talk about war the rest of my life, I'll talk about today (crazy day)," he wrote in February.
In a statement issued in Kandahar Monday, Brigadier-General Dean Milner, Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan, expressed condolences on behalf of the military, adding that “Canadians can be proud of the progress our soldiers have accomplished for the people of Kandahar province.”
Prime Minister Stephen Harper also voiced sympathy for the corporal's relatives and friends.
Nakhonay, a war-battered village of about 1,000 people, has been a hot spot in counterinsurgency efforts. At least five of the 17 Canadians killed in the past year in Afghanistan died in Nakhonay, and many others have been injured there.
Canada's 2,800 troops stationed in Kandahar will end combat operations by the end of July, but up to 950 troops and support staff will remain in Afghanistan on the training mission until 2014.
Since the Canadian mission in Afghanistan began in 2002, the great majority of deaths have resulted from what are termed improvised explosive devices, which commonly take the form of bombs concealed beneath the surface of roads or hidden by other means.
Four Canadian civilians have also been killed: a diplomat, a reporter and two aid workers.
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[url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/article1959236/[/url]
RIP.
Shit sucks. I think an IED is probably the biggest pussy tactic of all time.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28855255]Shit sucks. I think an IED is probably the biggest pussy tactic of all time.[/QUOTE]
Well the Taliban ain't gonna just sit there and engage in line battles like it's 1745
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;28855276]Well the Taliban ain't gonna just sit there and engage in line battles like it's 1745[/QUOTE]
Guerilla tactics herp derp. Worked pretty fucking well for Vietnam.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28855293]Guerilla tactics herp derp. Worked pretty fucking well for Vietnam.[/QUOTE]
You do realize Vietnam had more IED's, Booby Traps, and Rat Holes, and its the premisise of where most terrorist organizations get their tactics from correct?
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28855255]Shit sucks. I think an IED is probably the biggest pussy tactic of all time.[/QUOTE]
Improvised Explosive Devices
why are these pussy tactics
would you rather they used military grade bombs?
what's next, are you going to say that airstrikes on a place with no anti-air defenses aren't at all pussy tactics, despite killing tons of people with almost no effort
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;28855318]You do realize Vietnam had more IED's, Booby Traps, and Rat Holes, and its the premisise of where most terrorist organizations get their tactics from correct?[/QUOTE]
But it seems to work better in vietnam. You had lush jungles in vietnam, while you have plain deserts and mountains in afghanistan.
They're doing what they can with what they have, bro.
Fucking hell... Just pull out of that rotting shithole.
They don't want to make their country any better so they can live in medieval times and chop each others heads off, blow each other up, just stop the rat bastards from coming over into our own countries and doing it.
RIP, hero.
[QUOTE=shian;28855334]But it seems to work better in vietnam. You had lush jungles in vietnam, while you have plain deserts and mountains in afghanistan.[/QUOTE]
A man once said, "The best defense a man can have is the knowledge of his homeland" it's easily one of the best lessons from history that goes un-noted by most armies. Your enemy lives where you fight them. Guerilla Warfare is successful in this aspect alone... Your fighting an enemy who's not only has the knowledge of how to build devastating weapons which damage mentality over physical being, they know where to put them... They know that if they can trick you into believing something, they've already won the battle. That's why guerilla warfare is almost impossible to beat. Without complete utter destruction of the warzone, and even then, battles such as Stalingrad have taught us destruction only makes matters worse for the aggressor.
Yes I'd prefer military grade. At least they manage to drop it on you instead of hiding it next to a road and running away.
You don't need jungle for gurilla fighting.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28855683]Yes I'd prefer military grade. At least they manage to drop it on you instead of hiding it next to a road and running away.
You don't need jungle for gurilla fighting.[/QUOTE]
wtf shut up
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28855683]Yes I'd prefer military grade. At least they manage to drop it on you instead of hiding it next to a road and running away.
You don't need jungle for gurilla fighting.[/QUOTE]
there is no such thing as honour in war
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28856031]there is no such thing as honour in war[/QUOTE]
There is if you make it honorable. /naïve
There hasn't been honor in war for a long time.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;28855276]Well the Taliban ain't gonna just sit there and engage in line battles like it's 1745[/QUOTE]
That'd be a sight.
Oh no, a soldier died in a war!
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28856234]There is if you make it honorable. /naïve
There hasn't been honor in war for a long time.[/QUOTE]
These rustics are so inept. It almost takes the glory out of victory.
[i]Almost.[/i]
How is this news, the taliban probably loose far more men, I don't see how loosing a single man in a war is news.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28856234]There is if you make it honorable. /naïve
There hasn't been honor in war for a long time.[/QUOTE]
Then why are you telling one side to be more honourable
Don't want to sound like a dick or anything. But do we really need a thread for one death?
People die all the time.
Oh 155 dead Canadians? Lets look at the total US/EU/Civilian deaths.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;28856234]There is if you make it honorable. /naïve
There hasn't been honor in war for a long time.[/QUOTE]
There's never been honor in war.
[QUOTE=JustGman;28856337]Oh 155 dead Canadians? Lets look at the total US/EU/Civilian deaths.[/QUOTE]
I think that is why it was posted, because a Canadian rarely dies over there. Plus, the source is the Globe and Mail, so I'm assuming either the OP is Canadian, or he reads Canadian news sites.
[QUOTE=shian;28855334]while you have plain deserts and mountains in afghanistan.[/QUOTE]
yep nuthin but sand sand sand and rocks. rocks and sand. dry and barren:
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Whoops no you're just ignorant.
There are about 1500 recorded U.S soldier casualties, and I haven't seen report one unless it's multiple soldiers.
I don't mean to sound insensitive, but this really isn't news.
it's a good reminder that canada is still in there, I had no clue they were
We had troops in there before we were officially in there. I think someone got fired over it.
More people died today of natural causes than that one soldier.
Canada is always there... Somewhere.
D:
back to japan
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;28856412]yep nuthin but sand sand sand and rocks. rocks and sand. dry and barren:
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Whoops no you're just ignorant.[/QUOTE]
Okay you win. Plus, they seem to have snowy mountains too.
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