Hidden Costs of Harpers War

Published: October 28, 2007, 8:44 am

Tags: kabul, war, kandahar, canadian forces, land mines, afghanistan, friendly fire, harper

The Harper government does not release the numbers of Canadians wounded in Kandahar.Now most injuries not reported A new policy has clearly emerged. Deaths are still reported but injuries are not, unless one of two scenarios exists. The first is if the injury is so severe, it may very well result in death. The second is if journalists already know about it. If a journalist happens to be in a convoy that is hit and sees the injury, they'll obviously know about it. Injuries are increasingly frequent these days. As many as four roadside bomb strikes happen each week. Soldiers are being injured in the process, some of them seriously. Some of them will lose limbs. Others will have their lives irreparably damaged. We won't know. Whether we should know is another question. So what's changed? There is the argument that politicians fearing a further loss of public support for this mission don't want to reveal the true number of injuries. Another school of thought is that

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