Iran Reviews > CIC: WHO VOTED FOR MILITARY EXTENSION ARE MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY CANADIAN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

[I.N. Daily”¦ from Canada] Editor 11:14 pm THE CANADIAN ISLAMIC CONGRESS ACTION ALERT & MEDIA COMMUNIQUE May 19, 2006 THE 149 MPs WHO VOTED FOR MILITARY EXTENSION ARE MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY CANADIAN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, SAYS ISLAMIC CONGRESS - CIC EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF NICHOLA GODDARD, URGING CANADA TO LEAVE A LEGACY OF REBUILDING, NOT BOMBING The announcement in Parliament on Wednesday, May 17 of the death of Capt. Nichola Goddard ”” the 17th Canadian to die in Afghanistan since 2002 and Canada’s first female combat fatality since the Second World War ”” was even more jarring, coming in virtually the same breath as the Harper government’s passing of a motion to extend Canada’s military deployment in Afghanistan by two years, until 2009.

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