Afghanistan Mission Poses New Dangers For Canadians

"I don't think it's sunk in to the Canadian public how the world has changed. There is a high likelihood we will have significant losses of our troops," said John Watson, head of CARE-Canada, a relief agency that has operated in Afghanistan since 1961. "There is also a chance that we will have an attack in Canada. Unlike the States or the United Kingdom, we haven't had to deal with that kind of incident" in more than 40 years, he said. Canada's military brass has stepped up the blunt rhetoric in a campaign to prepare the public. Gen. Rick Hillier, chief of defense, has called the Taliban in Afghanistan "detestable murderers and scumbags," unusually crude language for Canadians. "Canadian Forces have faced dangers before," Hilliard said. "They are ready for the job." http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11418110/ [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on February 19, 2006]

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