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Canadian Colonel In Somalia Affair Gets Prestigious Military Role

Posted on Tuesday, March 13 at 09:08 by rearguard
Col. Mike Capstick, a former leader of the team, said Labbe will be well suited to the role. "He's very, very bright, very experienced," Capstick told CBC News. "He has a very good understanding of the strategic level in Afghanistan." Labbe's career has been marked by his ties to the Somalia affair. Rest of story here: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/03/08/military-labbe.html

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  1. by avatar Dr Caleb
    Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:49 pm
    "I think the long shadow of Somalia is now over," said Stewart. "The years of apologies are over. It's time to move on."

    I wonder if that will ever be true.


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  2. by rearguard
    Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:46 pm
    <blockquote>The police reports say that two soldiers, one a senior officer, reported hearing Labbe urging men to go after Somalis, saying: "A case or a bottle of champagne to the first one who gets or kills a Somali."</blockquote> <a href="http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0010493">Somalia Affair: New Revelations</a> Muslim's don't drink alcohol, so I wonder what Serge is advising the puppet Afghan military to give out as rewards?



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