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Two More Dead: Canadian Soldiers Leave Afghanistan
by C. L. Cook
 Following fast a young soldier killed there Friday, Canadian Forces lost two more Saturday in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Gregory John Kruse. (DND)
Friday, outside Kandahar City, Private Michael Freeman was killed in a roadside bomb blast. Saturday, Warrant Officer, Gaetan Roberge, Sergeant, Gregory Kruse, and two unnamed Afghani soldiers died while attempting to disarm another roadside bomb.
Their death brings to thirty-two the number of Canadians killed so far in 2008, with nine of the 106 total killed since 2001 coming in December.
Canada's defense minister, Peter MacKay, who attended Saturday's ramp service for Private Freeman and accompanied the remains home on an army transport plane, said;
"When you lose your life, you lose everything, and we're so ever
grateful and ever mindful of the degree of commitment our soldiers have
serving our country."
Warrant Officer Gaetan Joseph Roberge (DND)
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