Canada Slams NATO's Afghan Role

Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor said Sunday that he has raised Canada's concerns about those restrictions — called caveats — with the countries that have imposed them. Although he did not name them directly, it was clear Mr. O'Connor was referring primarily to Germany, France, Spain and Italy. The Defence Minister also said he spoke with representatives of those countries that are sharing Canada's deadly burden in the south — the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Romania and Estonia — when he attended a NATO meeting in Slovenia at the end of September. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061009.wxafghan09/BNStory/Afghanistan/home [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on October 11, 2006]

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