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...over the past two days, we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target.

- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, The Iraqi Information Minister

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Today in Military History

December 24

1900:

British authorities accept an offer of postal clerks for service in South Africa: this unit is called the Canadian Postal Contingent

1944:

HMCS Clayoquot is torpedoed by a U-boat and sinks in the Halifax approaches.

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