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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:54 AM Original message |
Canadian woman soldier found dead (in her room at a military base) in Afghanistan |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Did US military mistake her for an Afghan? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Unlikely. She was a very fair blonde. And she died in her room. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Wouldn't be the first time the US mistook Canadian troops for Taliban... (nt) |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. In a Canadian barracks, though? nt |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I don't think your image is being shown... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I didn't provide an image, there was one at the link to the longer article I provided, though. nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. She was thirty years old. She was a careerist. She'd been wounded in a previous deployment. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Interesting, she wanted career in Army intelligence... Wonder what she |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. She might have been a linguist, or an analyst. She probably |
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jkappy (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Afghanistan is No Country for Young Women--or any Women! n/t |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Care to enlarge on that? |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. To me it sounds the exact opposite of sexist. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Are woman less capable soldiers? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Women deserve the same postings and advancements. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Suit yourself. n/m |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. It is the way women are treated there that is sexist. |
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downindixie (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Looks like there may be a serial killer |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Where'd you get *that* from? |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Check out the statistics of rape in our military. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I Googled the individuals mentioned in the original article... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think any female soldier |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. You're going to have to back that claim up with a cite. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. My post has nothing to do with their abilitities |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. There is that. |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Could it be dehydration? |
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