An opening of one's knowledge,capabilities, vision and guidance. The Kenaz is about creating a relationship,learning and allowing room for interpretation. When you are in the darkness,an opening with light is the best and most gracious thing to have bestowed upon you. This is a great time for putting energies into new opportunities. Come share my world as I see it.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Cpl. James Hayward Arnal dedicated


















"Clearly, he was a dedicated soldier with a very promising career ahead of him," Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson, Canada's commander in Afghanistan.

I found this fitting song composed by MacPhee, Schram, Howe in my files simply entitled "Ode To The Canadian Soldier "and uploaded to imeem. Please give a listen. The lyrics pay tribute to the men and women who are "Fighting for freedom and staying the course.

A Canadian soldier was killed by a roadside explosion, the military announced on a violent day that also saw a suicide bomber blow himself up just outside the gate of the main Canadian base in Kandahar. The suicide attack outside Kandahar Airfield occurred just moments before the Canadian Forces held a solemn news conference there to announce the death of Cpl. James Hayward Arnal. Only the bomber was killed in the suicide strike. Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan lauded Arnal as a fearless fighter who had left a lucrative career in information technology to join the army. He was on his second tour of Afghanistan and had already volunteered for a third. Arnal was struck by an explosion Friday night during a foot patrol in Panjwaii district near Kandahar city. The Shilo, Man.-based Arnal was the 88th Canadian soldier killed in the Afghan mission, and the first to die in two weeks.


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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Two more Canadian soldies die in Afghanistan this week


















I found this fitting song composed by MacPhee, Schram, Howe in my files simply entitled "Ode To The Canadian Soldier "and uploaded to imeem. Please give a listen. The lyrics pay tribute to the men and women who are "Fighting for freedom and staying the course.

July 3,2008

Brendan was the type of guy who would have given you the shirt off his own back," said his friend, Dave Duckworth of Edmonton. "He joined the CF to make a difference.
Downey, a 36-year-old military police officer from 17 Wing Detachment Dundurn, was found dead of unknown circumstances in base living quarters in the Persian Gulf. Downey was serving at Camp Mirage, a base at an undisclosed Gulf location used to stage Canadian airlifts to Afghanistan. His death is now the subject of a military investigation.


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July 8,2008
He quickly marched in to see his Regimental Sergeant Major to indicate he was eager to serve in Afghanistan,” said Brigadier-General Denis Thompson, the top Canadian commander in Kandahar. “He was selected to fill a vacancy soon after, because he was motivated, he was skilled, and because he was eager to make a difference in the lives of ordinary Afghan people.


Private Colin William Wilmot was serving with a field ambulance unit in Edmonton and was not originally scheduled to deploy to the battlefield, but he lobbied for the job and eventually got attached to the Canadian battle group. Wilmot died while on night foot patrol. The blast happened around 1 a.m. local time on Sunday and did not immediately kill the medic. He suffered critical injuries and his comrades gave him emergency first-aid, lifting him onto a stretcher and moving him in an armoured vehicle to the nearest Canadian outpost. A helicopter later took him a military hospital at Kandahar Airfield but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

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So far, 87 soldiers and one diplomat have died in the Afghan mission since it began in 2006.





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