"This has been a tough hit, but Canadians are continuing the fight and continuing with operation Medusa," Brigadier-General David Fraser, the commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, said in a statement released Monday.
Canadian military officials would not confirm casualty figures while the operation was continuing. Families of the soldiers involved are being notified. No names have yet been released.
The mishap occurred during after ground troops requested air support, NATO said. "Two ISAF [NATO's International Security Assistance Force] aircraft provided the support but regrettably engaged friendly forces during a strafing run, using cannons," the statement said.
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Lets get our troops out of Afghanistan and Haiti and anywhere else that the empire has placed them.
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(Albert Einstein)
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