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Keltoi
So we're talking about Iraq now? In any event, I feel slightly immature even discussing this with you, no offense. Sounds too much like you're talking about a football game.
Strange if you think that IEDs are related to Iraq only :muddlehea
Most of Canada's combat deaths have been the result of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs - commonly known as roadside bombs.
Monday's blast in the volatile
Panjwaii district resulted only in property damage. But on Sunday, four Canadian soldiers were injured in Zangabad, about 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city,
when their vehicle struck an IED that was planted along a dirt road.
Besides the three IED hits against Canadians, Taliban insurgents seem to have escalated their attacks right across the country in the last few days.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terr...774261-cp.html
Improvised explosive devices: A growing menace in Afghanistan
"The insurgency in Afghanistan has been very carefully studying the lessons learned by the insurgents in Iraq," said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, an online portal that specializes in military and defence news.
"We're starting to see more organized ambushes in Afghanistan and starting to see the sort of roadside bombs that previously we were just seeing in Iraq."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/ied.html
The Ministry of Defence is conducting a major study into brain injury in troops returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan amid fears that thousands of soldiers may have suffered damage after being exposed to high-velocity explosions.
The US army says as many as 20% of its soldiers and marines have suffered "mild traumatic brain injury" (mTBI) from blows to the head or shockwaves caused by explosions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/s...200330,00.html
Afghanistan Now Most Dangerous for U.S. Troops
The situation has deteriorated in Afghanistan. There have already been 111 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan in
2007, making this the deadliest year for U.S. troops in Afghanistan of the entire war.
"We are stagnating in Afghanistan, if not backsliding," a senior U.S. military official tells ABC News.
It's also the deadliest year for non-U.S. troops, by far. This year, 112 non-U.S. troops in the coalition have been killed, including 40 from Britain and 29 from Canada.
Considering that there are only 26,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, compared to over 160,000 in Iraq, the death rate is considerably higher in Afghanistan.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...3937323&page=1
If you are not inclined to accept ground realities, its fine with me. Lets wait for the time to see who wins in the long run :D