http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflicts/global_security/pakistan_mosque Comments for "Pakistan signals red, Paul Rogers " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflicts/global_security/pakistan_mosque <p>The deaths of six Canadian soldiers and their translator in a roadside bomb attack in Kandahar province on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/07/04/afghanistan-nato.html?ref=rss">4 July 2007</a> will further fuel the controversy in Canada over the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/total.html">presence</a> and role of the country&#39;s armed forces in Afghanistan. Two other attacks on the same day raised equally strong concerns: the killing of at least five Pakistani soldiers in a suicide-bomb attack on an army convoy in a border area of North Waziristan, and the death of four <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5f2390cb-f583-4465-acbc-5ac08b6c6586&amp;&amp;Headline=5+killed+in+attacks+linked+to+Pakistan+mosque+siege%20">civilians</a> in a bomb blast in the usually peaceful northwest region of Swat a few hours later.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflicts/global_security/pakistan_mosque" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflicts/global_security/pakistan_mosque">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflicts/global_security/pakistan_mosque#comment conflicts Creative Commons normal global security Paul Rogers Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:25:42 +0100 Paul Rogers 33931 at http://www.opendemocracy.net