Posted AT 4:18 AM EDT on 07/05/08
New general ready to take command in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — There's a new general in town.
The next commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan has hit the ground in Kandahar and says he believes the mission will take on a different flavour during his nine month tour.
Brigadier-General Dennis Thompson says evolving conditions in the war-torn region mean there will be more of an emphasis on the civilian side of development and reconstruction.
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Face-to-face with Canada's front-line opponents in Afghanistan describing what motivates them to fight.
Earlier discussion
Afghanistan
- The working wounded
- In Afghanistan, Canadians suffering serious injury on scale not seen since Korea
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Lewis MacKenzie
In pictures
- Canadians under fire
- Taliban ambush in Howz-E-Madad
In video
- Becoming one of them
- Videographer Rosa Park spent three days with Canadian troops in Wainwright, Ab. and experienced life as a soldier training for deployment to Afghanistan
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In Pictures:
Faces of Maple Defender
Commentary
- It's time to recalibrate Canada's mission
- Which rule of law do we want to restore?
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- My worst nightmares on Afghanistan
- Retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie mocks the Liberal position on Afghanistan
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- Where do we show resolve, if not Kandahar?
- Manley panel member Derek Burney writes: Canadian blood and treasure earns us the right to help shape better solutions.
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- Between the lines of the Manley report
- Implicit in the Manley panel's report on Afghanistan is the apparently incontestable fact that Canada can only field 1,000 fighting soldiers at any moment
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Editorials
- Sarkozy's resolve sets an example
- That the Taliban have regained some of their strength is cause to redouble Western efforts, not to abandon them
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- Incompetence in Afghanistan
- Before he embarks on any foreign adventures, Hamid Karzai needs to clean up his own act
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- Bernier does Karzai no favour
- Maxime Bernier did no favour to Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he attempts to establish control over his country
- Too much is wasted
- More effective international aid to Afghanistan will help reduce the Taliban's appeal to the next generation of angry young men.
- Let the commission see the evidence
- Mr. Harper should ensure that the military police complaints commissioner receives the documents it needs
- Do not misspeak to the public
- The government should not pretend - again - that what the military does is the military's business, and no one else's
- Gen. Hillier steps out of bounds
- Defence Minister Peter MacKay should haul General Rick Hillier onto the carpet and remind him of the crucial distinction between their respective roles
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- A welcome move to a united motion
- Mr. Harper and Mr. Dion have moved from their earlier intransigence and seem set to present a united front to the world
- A welcome bipartisan tone
on Afghanistan mission - One should never underestimate the capacity of partisan interests to derail even the most promising efforts. Given the global stakes involved here, both sides should resist any such temptation.
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- Van Loan's juvenile slur
- The government's record on this file is one of concealment, denial and the telling of falsehoods
