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Four Canadian soldiers died in Afghanistan

Ottawa, Canada - Bomb explosion against the tank

Last Saturday, three Canadian soldiers were killed, while the fourth died at the Kandahar hospital, after a bomb blow-off while the four soldiers were travelling on board of a tank towards the city of Gumbad, 75 kilometers north of Kandahar. Since 2002, the Canadian soldiers killed in this Asiatic country have been 15, plus a Diplomatic who was killed after a bomb-car explosion.

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Rome, Italy, 04/24/2006 12:41
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