Blue on Blue
Canadian Press is reporting that a Canadian soldier has been killed today in Afghanistan. Possibly as a result of accidental discharge by a fellow Canadian.
Canoe.ca has the story by Terry Pedwell.
The military is investigating, so far no timeline for their findings.
A friendly fire incident (or blue on blue contact) is one of the most disturbing things that can happen in the military. Most occur through no fault of either party and the results can often be disastrous on the other person involved and possibly the morale in the unit. Hopefully the CF can quickly find out what happened and try prevent something similar from happening ever again. And I hope they have the soldier involved talking with a psychiatrist to help him deal with this horrific incident. My heart goes out to both the family of MCpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh and the other soldiers involved.
Canoe.ca has the story by Terry Pedwell.
The military is investigating, so far no timeline for their findings.
A friendly fire incident (or blue on blue contact) is one of the most disturbing things that can happen in the military. Most occur through no fault of either party and the results can often be disastrous on the other person involved and possibly the morale in the unit. Hopefully the CF can quickly find out what happened and try prevent something similar from happening ever again. And I hope they have the soldier involved talking with a psychiatrist to help him deal with this horrific incident. My heart goes out to both the family of MCpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh and the other soldiers involved.
On a slightly different note, James Bow has an excellent piece that begins Reuters photo scandal, but then goes into a commentary on the eroding level of debate in politics today (thanks to Andrew @ boundbygravity.com for pointing it out).
posted by Daz at 1:39 p.m.
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