http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2007/08/19/4429460-cp.html
Canadian soldier killed
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Another Canadian soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan - the 67th since the military mission began in 2002.
The 23-year-old member of the Royal 22nd Regiment - the Van Doos - was killed early today when when his LAV light armoured vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb.
The solider and his unit were on convoy escort duty when the bomb detonated west of Kandahar city, five kilometres east of the volatile village of Masum Ghar.
The solider's name is not being immediately released at the request of family.
The death is the first Canadian fatality in Afghanistan since July 4, when five soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb while travelling in a light armoured vehicle just west of Kandahar.
Canadian soldier killed
By R
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Another Canadian soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan - the 67th since the military mission began in 2002.
The 23-year-old member of the Royal 22nd Regiment - the Van Doos - was killed early today when when his LAV light armoured vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb.
The solider and his unit were on convoy escort duty when the bomb detonated west of Kandahar city, five kilometres east of the volatile village of Masum Ghar.
The solider's name is not being immediately released at the request of family.
The death is the first Canadian fatality in Afghanistan since July 4, when five soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb while travelling in a light armoured vehicle just west of Kandahar.