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The Canadian Forces will not reveal the exact number of soldiers wounded in specific incidents in Afghanistan to prevent their Taliban enemies from using the information as "propaganda" against them, a military spokeswoman said Friday.
"The only thing we're not doing anymore is giving specific numbers of injured for specific incidents. That is because obviously if we have an incident where 25 guys are hurt or five guys are hurt and it goes public then the other side can use that as favourable propaganda for their purposes," [Denise Laviolette] said in an interview Friday."This government is into hiding things from Canadians," said [Ujjal Dosanjh]. "This is essentially to keep Canadians in the dark as to how many people are being impacted, physically or otherwise, with these battles in Afghanistan."See the full content of this document
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Forces Mum On Injury Tolls in Afghan Incidents
By Mike Blanchfield
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Forces will not reveal the exact number of soldiers wounded in specific incidents in Afghanistan to p...See the full content of this document
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