145th Canadian Forces Member Killed in Afghanistan
by C. L. Cook
Colonel Geoff Parker was killed Tuesday in a
suicide bomber's attack outside Kabul. Parker was in a convoy of NATO vehicles when it was rammed by a vehicle packed with explosives. Colonel Parker was among 18 killed in the attack.
Col.
Geoff Parker, 42, of Oakville, Ont., died in the Kabul attack.
(Department of National Defence)
Parker served with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, and he is the highest ranking Canadian soldier so far killed in Afghanistan. Five American soldiers and 12 Afghani civilians were also killed.
Geoff Parker is survived by his wife and two children.
