Canadian soldiers fatally shoot taxi driver (Afghanistan)

[JohnyCanuck]

Canadian soldiers fatally shoot taxi driver

Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan fatally shot a taxi driver who came within less than a metre of their patrol, military officials said on Wednesday.

The shooting happened late Tuesday local time, about four kilometres from the Canadian base in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, said Capt. Julie Roberge.

Afghan police have launched an investigation.

The man, identified as Nasrat Ghali and believed to be in his mid-40s, was driving a three-wheeled motorized taxi known locally as a rickshaw. Canadian troops fired warning shots at him after he drove through an Afghan police checkpoint, coming within less than one metre from the Canadian vehicle, said Lt.-Col. Derek Basinger, chief of staff for Task Force Afghanistan..

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/03/15/afghanistan_taxi060315.html

Well I guess it was only a matter of time before an incident like this occurred. You can be sure if they had found explosives or weapons in the guy's taxi or on his person which would indicate he was some type of suicide attacker we would have heard about it.

[Greeby]

1. Hope you're happy, Harper

You Shrub-loving asshole :grr:

[Bassic]

2. It was only a matter of time.

Canadian soldiers have been the target of many attacks lately, so they must be really edgy.

[daleo]

3. I knew this would start happening

That's one of the problems with vague missions like this - eventually you start killing civilians.

[High Plains]

4. Eventually?

[daleo]

6. Eventually doesn't take long sometimes.

I was just referring to the Canadian presence in Afghanistan. Clearly this is nothing new, in general.

[saigon68]

5. And in shrub's monkey mind

It's good ---



because there is one less Islamic to deal with