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KLUEM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-07 published
Police looking for Friends of slain teen
Not sure what weapon was used
Boy found stabbed on Oshawa street
By Stan JOSEY,
Staff
Reporter
Police are trying to trace the final hours of a 15-year-old Oshawa
boy found slain in a downtown parking lot Saturday evening.
Durham Region detectives also are trying to locate Friends of
Jeremy BENNETT, who died of several stab wounds, said Det. Sgt.
Rolf KLUEM, who heads the homicide unit.
"We still don't know what the weapon was or the reason for this
tragedy," KLUEM said yesterday.
The boy's family are taking his death "quite hard" and do not
want to make any public statements at this time, he said.
"I think we are all working hard towards the same goal of solving
this before someone else possibly gets hurt,"
KLUEM said.
The youth lived with his mother in a north Oshawa co-operative
housing project, but was found dead about seven kilometres south
in the parking lot of a medical centre at Simcoe and Gibb Sts.
Neighbours in the south Oshawa community expressed shock that
the young man apparently was left to die where he fell.
"No one deserves to die like that," said one man who would not
give his name.
Police are canvassing Oshawa's downtown area, which has a significant
population of migrant and homeless youth.
A post-mortem examination Sunday showed he died of several "sharp
force trauma" wounds, similar to stab wounds.
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KLUFAS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-30 published
NAOUM,
George
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of George
NAOUM of Edmonton, Alberta, on October 27, 2006. George will
be greatly missed by his loving wife
Judy
DANYLUIK, daughter
Rhonda NAOUM and her husband David
PARKES, daughter Deborah
NAOUM
and her companion Murray
SUGDEN, stepson Michael
DANYLUIK and
his wife Sheryl, grandchildren Matthew and Miranda
WALKER and
Matthew and Natasha
DANYLUIK, and special in-laws Jean and Harry
KLUFAS. George is predeceased by his first wife Anita Dawn
NAOUM.
George was born in Athens, Greece in 1928. In 1948, George immigrated
to Canada where he briefly attended university in Montreal before
moving west to Edmonton. He graduated with a Civil Engineering
degree from the University of Alberta in 1955 and went on to
establish a successful engineering consulting practice based
in Edmonton. During his time with Camrec Facilities Ltd, George
was involved in recreational facilities design throughout Canada,
the United States, and Europe, and he was instrumental in introducing
zero-depth pools and wave pools to the North American market.
The West Edmonton Mall World Waterpark and the Southland Leisure
Centre in Calgary are two facilities George was especially proud
of. In 1991, George retired to spend more time with his family
and travel the world. George will be remembered as a devoted
husband, caring father, respected businessman and a man of his
word. A celebration of George's life will be held on Friday,
November 3rd, 2006, beginning at 1: 30 p.m. at the Royal Glenora
Club, 11160 River Valley Road, Edmonton. In lieu of flowers,
donations in George's name may be made either to the George Naoum
Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund or to the Caritas Hospital
Foundation, Palliative Care Unit, 11111 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton,
Alberta T5K 0L4. George's family express their heartfelt thanks
to Doctor Chea and his team at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and
to Doctor Humphries and the staff at the Mel Miller Palliative Care
Unit for their wonderful care of George during his remaining
days.
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KLUG o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-05-08 published
KULCSAR,
Irma
Peacefully, on Saturday, May 6, 2006. Beloved wife of the late
David
(Dezso.)
Loving mother of Barbara (Sandy) and David
GALET.
Cherished grandmother of Lisa and Mel
KLUG,
Leslie and Paul
WYNN,
Wendy and Alon
SZPINDEL and Kelly and Adam
BENDER.
Proud great-grandmother
of Sara, Ricky, Jordana, Charlotte, Daniel, Louis, Emma, Amanda,
Lauren,
Sam,
Lily and Georgia. Survived by her sister Freda
FEJER.
A funeral service was held at Steeles Memorial Chapel on Sunday,
May 7 with interment in Windsor, Ontario. Shiva at 150 Old Forest
Hill Road, evening prayers only. If so desired, donations to
Magen David Adom (416) 780-0034 or Beit Halochem (905) 695-0611
would be appreciated.
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KLUKA o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-15 published
CHWIECKO,
Wladyslaw "
Walter"
With God's blessing, we celebrate the memory of Wladyslaw "Walter"
CHWIECKO who passed away peacefully surrounded by his family
on Thursday, April 13, 2006 in his 78th year after a brave and
courageous battle with cancer. Born in Poland on August 28, 1928,
Wladyslaw arrived in Canada in 1949 to start a new life. Wladyslaw
will forever be remembered by his wife of 53 years, Anastazja
(ANDRONOWICZ.) He is also survived by his children and their
families including Richard (son) and Lorraine and grandchildren
Aleksy, Andrzej and Alyssa; Henry (son) and Michelle; Barbara
(daughter) and Arthur Warchol and grandchildren Adam, Brandon,
Brittany and Brianna. Brother of Helen
KLUKA of Poland, Bronislawa
HULANICKI
(Ted) and Chester
CHWIECKO (Krystyna) of London. Brother-in-law
of Wladyslaw
ANDRONOWICZ.
Also survived by several nieces and
nephews. Predeceased by his sister Lucy
ALASZKIEWICZ.
Wladyslaw
will be sadly missed and fondly remembered for all the benevolent
work he did, by his dedication to the S.P.K. Polish Combatants
Association, his church, the Polish school and community and
the many lives he touched. The family will receive visitors on
Monday from 2: 00-4:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the O'Neil Funeral
Home, 350 William St. (South of King). The Funeral Mass will
be celebrated in Our Lady of Czestochowa Church (419 Hill St.)
on Tuesday at 10: 00 a.m. Interment in Saint Peter's Cemetery. Prayers
Monday at 7: 00 p.m.
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KLUKE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-13 published
KLUKE,
Terrielyn
Missing you more with each passing year.
Never far from our thoughts and our hearts.
Love always, Mom, Dad, Dean, Morgan and Nanny Graham.
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KLUKIE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-01 published
37th Afghan fatality from Thunder Bay
By Free Press News Services, Sun., October 1, 2006
The identity of a soldier from Thunder Bay killed in Afghanistan
was revealed yesterday, as one of the deadliest months for Canadian
troops in decades came to an end.
Pte. Josh KLUKIE was on foot patrol Friday when he stepped on
an insurgent's explosive booby trap in the Panjwaii district
west of Kandahar City.
A military official said Friday the explosive was big enough
to be an anti-tank mine.
KLUKIE was the 10th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan in
September, and the 37th since 2002.
His death came on the same day that funerals were held in Canada
for three other soldiers who were killed September 18 by a suicide
bomber.
Cpl. James
MILLER, of Hamilton, suffered from deafness in his
left ear and a possible concussion after Friday's attack.
MILLER's
unit was also hit by a car bomb a couple of weeks ago.
A woman answering the phone at the
KLUKIE family home in Thunder
Bay said yesterday the family had no comment.
In a statement issued yesterday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
offered his condolences to
KLUKIE's family, Friends and loved
ones.
In other developments:
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday he and Pakistani
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will jointly lead a series of
tribal gatherings along their countries' shared border to quell
attacks on Afghanistan by Pakistan-based Taliban rebels. Karzai
said he wants an end to the Taliban incursions from Pakistan.
- A suicide bomber detonated himself next to Afghanistan's Interior
Ministry yesterday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more
than 40, an official said.
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KLUKIE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-02 published
Dead soldier was destined for greatness
By Les PERREAUX, Canadian Press, Mon., October 2, 2006
Kandahar -- Josh
KLUKIE wore the single chevron of a private
in Canada's infantry, but he inspired reverent tones yesterday
from the captains and corporals who led him.
KLUKIE, 23, died Friday when he stepped on a powerful explosive
booby trap -- an anti-tank mine packed with other explosives
and a hair-trigger.
KLUKIE was destined for military greatness, his platoon mates
testified yesterday, minutes after sending his remains on the
voyage back to Canada.
"It's easy to be good at this job but it's extremely rare that
guys are great at it," said Cpl. Mike
BLOIS of Exeter.
"He was that rare guy who is very great at this job."
KLUKIE's unit of the First Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment,
was on patrol Friday in the Panjwaii area where Canadians won
a fierce battle against Taliban insurgents earlier this month.
The patrol by Alpha section, Four platoon, moved onto a dusty
road. Several soldiers passed over the hidden trap before
KLUKIE
set it off.
Insurgents tampered with the mine so even a light footstep would
trigger it instead of the weight of an armoured vehicle.
KLUKIE was thrown several metres, with pieces of his equipment
flying in all directions.
BLOIS found his friend with the help of an American medic.
KLUKIE
was alive but clearly in shock.
"He was breathing, his eyes were moving, he recognized me as
soon as I got there,"
BLOIS said. "He looked right at me but
he couldn't talk."
BLOIS and the medic applied tourniquets to
KLUKIE's bleeding
limbs.
"I was looking at him, trying to encourage him, but there wasn't
anything I could do,"
BLOIS said.
After a few minutes,
KLUKIE stopped breathing and his heart stopped.
BLOIS tried to resuscitate him.
"I started getting on his heart. I think I broke every rib in
his body,"
BLOIS said. "He didn't suffer, he didn't feel anything.
He was just there, and in shock."
KLUKIE was among the fittest soldiers in his platoon and a sensitive
soul, who was usually the first to recognize when someone was
troubled.
"He was a paramedic before he joined the army," said Pte. Wes
WHITFIELD of Markham.
KLUKIE studied Afghanistan and took notes about it.
"I think 1 Royal Canadian Regiment (the battalion) was just a
stepping stone for him," said
WHITFIELD, who started his military
career with
KLUKIE three years ago and became his fire team partner
on missions.
"A lot of us feel he had a lot of potential to go to (special
forces) in the future."
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KLUKIE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-04 published
Two Canadians killed
The attack marks a return to typical insurgent tactics by the
Taliban.
By Les PERREAUX, Associated Press, Wed., October 4, 2006
Sperwan, Afghanistan -- Emboldened insurgents killed two Canadian
soldiers and wounded five others yesterday in an attack on ground
the Canadians took from the Taliban weeks ago.
A small group of soldiers was providing security for road construction,
holding an observation post in the former Taliban heartland about
20 kilometres west of Kandahar, when they came under attack about
4: 50 p.m. from a handful of insurgents armed with rocket-propelled
grenades and assault rifles.
"They were members of the surveillance troop… a reconnaissance
squadron," Col. Fred Lewis, deputy commander of the Canadian
contingent, said in Kandahar. "They were conducting vehicle checkpoints
and observation posts at the time."
Canadian military officials identified the dead as Sgt. Craig
Paul GILLAM and Cpl. Robert Thomas James
MITCHELL, both members
of the Royal Canadian Dragoons based in Petawawa.
MITCHELL was
from Fort Erie.
GILLAM's hometown was not immediately available.
MITCHELL was raised in Niagara Falls and married Leanne
HASS,
of nearby Fort Erie. They have three children.
Leanne was recently accepted into the Ontario Provincial Police.
MITCHELL spent part of his youth in Owen Sound, where he attended
high school and his parents still live.
A graduate of Niagara College, his first military posting was
with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton.
He served with the Royal Canadian Regiment and, most recently,
with the Royal Canadian Dragoons as part of North Atlantic Treaty
Organization's International Security Assistance Force.
MITCHELL and his family had moved into a new home not far from
Canadian Forces Base Petawawa days before he was sent overseas.
GILLAM's family refused comment at their Petawawa home last night.
With the latest toll, 39 Canadian soldiers and a diplomat have
been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.
Two of the wounded soldiers were reported in serious but stable
condition. All the wounded were evacuated to Kandahar Airfield,
the main coalition base, and described as having "non-life-threatening
injuries."
Lewis indicated the scale of the attack was small, involving
between two and five well-armed insurgents.
The casualties were probably caused by mortars or rocket-propelled
grenades, he said. "The injuries right now, there don't seem
to be any sort of bullets involved."
As the attack happened shortly before dark, further investigation
into the attack will have to wait until today, he said.
"In this particular case, we were clearing an area to put in
a road that would have allowed the economy to flow north and
south through the Panjwaii area," Lewis said. "We've got to remain
vigilant to the Taliban re-infiltrating into the area."
The attack prompted a quick response.
"Almost immediately other forces responded to it, treated and
medevaced the casualties, and carried on with the operation,"
said Lt.-Col. Omer Lavoie, the ground-level commander of Canada's
fighting force.
Two U.S. soldiers also were wounded nearby. It was not clear
whether they were hit by the same group of insurgents or in a
separate ambush.
The fighting comes a month after the launch of Operation Medusa,
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization operation led by Canadian
troops that officials boasted killed hundreds of Taliban. North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and Canadian officials said they
had driven insurgents out of the area west of Kandahar city and
had done serious damage to the ability of the insurgents to mount
attacks.
Lavoie said the latest attacks are a shift back to familiar insurgent
tactics after the Taliban were devastated in a more conventional
fight.
"They've learned they can't take us on head-to-head in a conventional
battle, so they're going back to typical insurgent tactics, (roadside
bombs) and hit-and-run tactics," Lavoie said.
The fatal attack was the last in a series aimed at Canadians
yesterday. The earlier attacks injured no Canadians.
Charles Company soldiers were first to come under fire in the
morning as they pushed along the Arghandab River, a few kilometres
west of where the deadly attack came hours later.
Insurgents fired mortars, rockets and automatic weapons at Seven
Platoon of Charles Company, the unit hit by a deadly ambush September 3.
The soldiers and their Afghan army counterparts returned fire
and emerged unscathed.
Closer to Kandahar and a few hours later, a suicide bomber on
a motorcycle attacked a Canadian convoy, setting a G-wagon jeep
aflame.
The suicide bomber died; no one else was injured.
Local civilians and soldiers have said the Taliban have slipped
back into the area.
"The Taliban has threatened (civilians) with their lives from
any kind of association with the coalition," said Maj. Steve
Brown, commander of Charles Company.
"They've gone back to the tactic that has consistently worked
for them, that is to infiltrate and conduct guerrilla-type operations.
Now they're back at it, threatening people and their property."
The insurgents have learned to exploit Canadian rules of engagement
to escape attack, Macfarlane said.
Those rules can't be disclosed under the embedding agreement
that lets journalists travel with Canadian soldiers.
"They're smart. I wouldn't say I respect them, but they've learned
to play to our weaknesses," Macfarlane said.
Canadian soldier Pte. Josh
KLUKIE died last week in a mine explosion
on a road the Canadians have cut through fields to avoid such
attacks.
KLUKIE's remains arrived home in Canada aboard a military jet
last night.
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KLUKIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-02 published
The sad smile of a dying soldier
After watching Pte. Josh Klukie die, the members of 4 Platoon,
Bravo Company, vow to finish their ugly little war, writes Graeme
SMITH
By Graeme SMITH with a report from Marina
JIMÉNEZ in Toronto,
Page A1
Kandahar, Afghanistan -- On the evening they said goodbye to
Private Josh
KLUKIE, there was clarity in the eyes of the men
who fought beside him.
They watched his casket hoisted into a cargo plane in the warm
afternoon light, snapped to attention and marched off the tarmac
to prepare for another mission.
Two days earlier, the soldiers of 4 Platoon, part of Bravo Company,
a unit of the First Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, had seen
their friend thrown across a field by a huge explosion. They
heard the 23-year-old draw his last breath, and saw his sad smile
before he died.
After saying farewell yesterday, the soldiers knew what they
wanted. They felt a need to get back into those fields and keep
fighting. And when they finish with this ugly war on the other
side of the world, they intend to visit Pte.
KLUKIE's grave in
Northern Ontario to talk with his mother about the day he died.
"It will be very healing for his family to meet the soldiers
he served with and hear about the conditions of his last day,"
said Captain Piers
PAPPIN, the platoon commander.
In the hours before Private
KLUKIE's death last Friday, the platoon
had been marching southwest of Kandahar, through the fields of
grapes, wheat and marijuana where soldiers have hunted insurgents
for weeks.
"No patrol is routine, but we were just doing a foot patrol,"
said Corporal Mike
BLOIS, 24, of Exeter, Ontario He said one
of the patrol's purposes was to search for improvised explosive
devices in an area heavily mined by the retreating Taliban. They
hadn't found any explosives that morning, but they did recover
a unmanned aerial vehicle that had crashed on the battlefield.
"We got into a couple buildings, found a downed unmanned aerial
vehicle, a bunch of intelligence papers, so we were having a
really successful patrol," Cpl.
BLOIS said. "We stayed off the
roads as much as we could, going through the grape fields and
the vineyards and all that."
They knew the roads were dangerous, but they couldn't find any
other route as they trudged through a cluster of villages known
as Pashmul. About 1 p.m., they found themselves walking north,
toward a Canadian patrol base, on a makeshift track plowed by
bulldozers about two weeks ago to give them a safe route around
the booby traps on the main roads.
But the Taliban haven't abandoned Pashmul -- only disappeared
from sight. Soldiers say the insurgents appear to have dug into
the road's thick dust, which resembles brown talcum, and set
up several explosives -- perhaps an anti-tank mine combined with
smaller bombs -- and rigged them to detonate under slight pressure.
"When we went through, the first two guys didn't hit it," said
Cpl. BLOIS, who was walking at the patrol's tail end.
"The explosion went off, and my immediate thought was it was
the section commander who hit it, because he was the very first
guy in the patrol," he said.
In fact, the commander was unhurt, but in the haze of dust and
lingering shock of the blast it was difficult for the survivors
to tell who had been injured.
"I didn't get hit with anything," Cpl.
BLOIS said. "So I just
started yelling people's names, and guys started to respond."
One of those who didn't answer right away was Cpl. James
MILLER,
of Hamilton, Ontario, who was partly deafened by the blast.
"MILLER didn't respond but he came out of the smoke and dust,
and he was really disoriented. You could tell he was pretty messed
up."
Cpl. BLOIS paused. "
KLUKIE's name? There was no response."
Trailing behind the Canadian patrol, about 200 metres south,
was a team of U.S. soldiers who specialize in clearing mines.
Cpl. BLOIS threw off his heavy backpack and ran toward them for
help.
"They saw me coming, and they just started running," he said.
A U.S. medic joined the Canadian corporal and they started sweeping
the dense foliage of grape trellises, searching for the missing
soldier.
"The blast threw
KLUKIE about 50 metres off the road," Cpl.
BLOIS
said. "He landed in the vineyard. I think he must have hit one
of the walls. He was laying on his back when the American medic
and I found him.
He continued: "We immediately started working, without saying
anything to each other. He put a tourniquet on his right leg,
which was almost completely gone. I put tourniquets on his arm
and his other leg.
"You could tell he couldn't hear anything, but he could recognize
me, you know. I was looking right at him. He couldn't say anything.
I was just telling him to keep fighting, you know, keep fighting,
keep fighting."
Pte. KLUKIE's
Friends say he was a big, well-built soldier in
peak physical shape, who dreamed of joining the elite JTF2
special forces. But the blast that went off under his feet was
probably enough to destroy a vehicle, never mind a man.
"He was breathing," Cpl.
BLOIS said. "He had a pulse. His eyes
were moving. He looked right at me. It was just weird. He couldn't
talk."
This quiet, desperate scene lasted maybe three minutes, Cpl.
BLOIS said. "I had that last tourniquet on him, I grabbed him
by the shoulder, I'm like, 'This is nothing Josh, this is nothing.'
He just looked at me, smiled, and that was it. He died right
there."
He was the 10th soldier to die in September and the 37th since
Canadian troops went to Afghanistan in 2002 -- most of them this
year.
Friends say Pte.
KLUKIE was a sensitive soul who was always the
first to recognize when someone was troubled.
"He was a paramedic before he joined the army," said Pte. Wes
WHITFIELD of Markham, Ontario
Pte. KLUKIE grew up in Thunder Bay, the youngest of three brothers,
an athlete who played basketball and football. He always took
good care of his widowed mother and was helpful and kind.
"He was a selfless person," said a relative who didn't want to
be identified. "He had lots of close Friends from public school
and kept in touch with them all."
Before the Afghan mission, he'd had doubts about his military
career, and was uncertain how he would handle deaths and injuries
to his Friends. September's Operation Medusa, where Canadians
scored a conclusive victory over the Taliban, changed that. Four
soldiers were killed and more than 40 injured, but Pte.
KLUKIE
decided he could handle the suffering around him.
"A week ago, he came to me and started the paperwork for re-enlistment
and he told me this is what he wanted to do for the rest of his
life," Capt.
PAPPIN said. "It was good for me to hear, because
he was one of those soldiers who was going places, for sure."
Cpl. BLOIS helped clean up the scene and transport the body bag
back to Kandahar airfield. He didn't sleep at all that first
night.
He felt numb, he said, and initially he thought about quitting.
But he changed his mind, and now the death of Pte.
KLUKIE drives
him to continue. Despite the gravity of what he had witnessed,
the young soldier told the entire story with calmness and precision,
and he showed no hint of hesitation about returning to the battlefield.
"I want to get back out there," he said. "He deserves it. He
fought hard, and so he deserves everybody else who's here after
him continuing to fight hard."
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KLUKIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-04 published
2 Canadians killed in Taliban ambush
By Jane ARMSTRONG,
Page A1
Kandahar, Afghanistan -- Two Canadian soldiers were killed and
five others injured in a fierce mortar ambush in Afghanistan's
turbulent Panjwai region, an area where Canadian commanders have
boasted of decisive victories over Taliban insurgents.
The besieged troops were providing surveillance for a road-building
crew not far from where Private Josh
KLUKIE was killed last week
in a mine explosion. It is the same region where Canadian soldiers
led a massive assault a month ago, killing -- according to a
North Atlantic Treaty Organization claim -- more than 1,000 Taliban
and routing others.
Military officials declared that operation a huge success, estimating
that they may have destroyed as much as a third of the insurgency's
hard-core ranks.
Yet the death toll of Canadians in southern Afghanistan continues
to climb. In September alone, 10 soldiers were killed, the bloodiest
month yet for Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Now October is
off to an ominous start.
Killed in yesterday's twilight attack were Corporal Robert Thomas
James MITCHELL and Sergeant Craig Paul
GILLAM, both of the Royal
Canadian Regiment based in Petawawa, Ontario
The fatal ambush was one of three separate attacks on Canadian
troops over a five-hour period.
Just after noon, members of the Royal Canadian Regiment's Charles
Company came under fire as they walked along the parched Arghandab
River bed, about 10 kilometres from the scene of the subsequent
fatal attack. There were no Canadian injuries reported.
A local witness said the Canadian troops returned fire, sending
the assailants into retreat. A few minutes later, an aircraft
bombed the ambush scene.
"We fought on two fronts today," said a young Taliban fighter
in Panjwai District, where most of Canada's battle groups are
now deployed. "But we escaped from the area, to avoid the bombings.
This will be our method now," he said from his mobile phone.
Earlier, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed a convoy of
Canadian supply vehicles returning to the Kandahar Airfield from
an operating base west of Kandahar city. The explosion ignited
the diesel-fuelled jeep, wounding three Afghan civilians, including
an 11-year-old boy.
The soldiers inside the jeep, also known as a G-Wagon, escaped
without injury.
The suicide blast sent glass fragments flying into Mohammed Salim's
storefront, cutting his head and leaving his shirt stained with
blood.
The explosion also seriously injured his younger brother, Mohammed
Hasham, 11, who was recovering last night at Mirwais Hospital
in Kandahar.
"We were working in the shop, when a motorcycle came with a trolley
behind it," Mr. Salim, 18, said. "Smoke, dust, everything went
everywhere."
The five soldiers injured in the worst attack yesterday were
flown to a hospital at the Kandahar Airfield, the coalition's
main base. A military spokesman said their injuries are not life-threatening,
although one soldier suffered broken bones.
These latest attacks cast doubt on the effectiveness of the recent
Canadian-led offensive, code-named Operation Medusa, in the Panjwai
District southwest of Kandahar city.
Just two weeks ago, Kandahar's governor announced that Canadian
soldiers had routed the Taliban from the area.
The offensive was designed to encircle the insurgents in the
area, but soldiers are still hunting for the insurgents' underground
weapons caches, where many fighters are believed to have stowed
guns and ammunition before fleeing the battlefield.
Governor Asadullah Khalid said foreign troops intend to stay
in Panjwai and the neighbouring Zhari District to maintain security.
Road construction is a key part of Operation Medusa's final stage,
which is to reconstruct the battle-scarred region.
Early this morning, Colonel Fred Lewis, the deputy commander
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's International Security
Assistance Force, said Operation Medusa is "far from over."
His voice shaking with emotion as he read the names of the dead
soldiers, Col. Lewis said the insurgents are staging a last-ditch
attempt "to save face."
"They are attempting to win this final phase of [Operation Medusa],"
he said.
"If we are able to do the reconstruction and development and
the Afghans, the local people in that Panjwai area, say 'Hey,
we will have a much better life under our own government'… they
will go out of their way to keep the Taliban out."
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Slain Thunder Bay soldier named
Pte. Josh KLUKIE stepped on a booby trap Friday
By Lauren LA
ROSE,
Canadian
Press
The identity of a soldier from Thunder Bay killed in Afghanistan
was revealed yesterday at the end of one of the deadliest months
in decades for Canadian troops.
Pte. Josh KLUKIE was on foot patrol Friday when he stepped on
an insurgent's explosive booby trap in the Panjwaii district
west of Kandahar City. A military official said Friday the explosive
was big enough to be an anti-tank mine.
KLUKIE was the 10th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan in
September, and the 37th since 2002. His death came the same day
funerals were held in Canada for three soldiers killed September 18
by a suicide bomber.
A woman answering the phone at the
KLUKIE family home in Thunder
Bay said yesterday that the family had no comment.
Officials were trying to organize a news conference where a family
spokesperson would likely speak to the media.
In a statement issued yesterday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
offered his condolences to
KLUKIE's family and Friends. "I commend
Pte. KLUKIE's commitment and bravery in serving his country,"
Harper said. "He gave his life so that the Afghan people could
experience the same freedoms and civil rights that we in Canada
cherish and value.
"Canadians will not forget the dedication and courage he demonstrated.
We are proud of him, and humbled by his willingness to serve
Canada."
KLUKIE was a member of First Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment,
based at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, northwest of Ottawa.
Greg EBY, identified by his father as a friend of the fallen
soldier, left a message on the Department of National Defence's
message board September 6 telling troops he was "tremendously
proud" of them.
"I'd like to say hi especially to Josh
KLUKIE from Thunder Bay.
You guys and gals and your families are in my prayers every day,"
the message stated.
Cpl. James
MILLER of Hamilton suffered from deafness in his left
ear and a possible concussion in the attack.
MILLER's unit was
also hit by a car bomb a couple of weeks ago.
Officials believe the bomb that killed
KLUKIE had been planted
recently.
Several soldiers had walked past the bomb before the private
triggered it. Wide spacing between the soldiers on the foot patrol
prevented more carnage, said Col. Fred
LEWIS, deputy commander
of the Canadian contingent.
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KLUMP o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-07-22 published
KOHL,
Isolde (née
KLUMP)
With her husband by her side, Isolde passed away peacefully on
Thursday, July 20, 2006 at Victoria Hospital in her 78th year.
Beloved wife of Hans
KOHL for 50 years. Dear sister of Alfred
(Doris) KLUMP,
Leonore
(Erich)
NEDELE all of Germany and Irene
HERTLEIN of London. Loved sister-in-law of Brigette
KARL of London
and Christa
KLUMP of Germany. Isolde will also be missed by many
nieces and nephews in London and Germany as well as her Friends
and neighbours. A Memorial Service will be held at Forest Lawn
Memorial Chapel, 1997 Dundas Street East (at Wavell), London
on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 11 a.m., with visitation one hour
prior to the service. Interment of cremation at Forest Lawn Memorial
Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations to the charity of your
choice would be gratefully appreciated. On-line condolences are
available through www.memorialfuneral.ca
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MUNCHHOF,
Walli
Emma (née
KLUSS)
Peacefully passed away at Marion Villa, London in her 81st year
on Friday October 27, 2006. Beloved wife of the late Heinz
MUNCHHOF.
Dear Mama of Gabriele
BURNARD, her husband Jim, and Michael
MUNCHHOF,
his wife Jennifer.
Loving
Oma of Robert
BURNARD, his wife Kim.
Cherished Great Oma of Adam. A graveside service will be held
at Woodland Cemetery, London on Wednesday November 1, 2006 at
1 p.m. Walli's family would like to thank the staff at Marion
Villa for their warmth and kindness and her dear Friends Lilo
and Olga for their faithful visits. In lieu of flowers donations
to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada - London Middlesex
Chapter, 21 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, N6A 1Y6 would
be gratefully appreciated.
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VAN
BRAKEL, Mienke
VAN
BRAKEL (née
KLUWER)
Peacefully surrounded by her family at London Health Sciences
Centre, Mienke
VAN
BRAKEL (née
KLUWER) of Dorchester in her 57th
year. Beloved wife of Henk. Loving mother of Gwen
SUMMER (husband
Horst) of Georgetown, formerly of London; and Rodney at home.
Much loved Oma to Emily and Alyson. Sadly missed by her parents
Henriette and Æbele
KLUWER of St. Catharines. Dear sister of
Evert KLUWER (wife
Barbara) of Mount Brydges, Margaret
DAHMER of
Ridgeway and Dorothy
OLSTHOORN (husband Neal) of St. Catharines.
Friends will be received at the Bieman Funeral Home, Dorchester
on Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A funeral service will be held at
Dorchester United Church, 4100 Catherine Street, Dorchester on
Wednesday,
June 21, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Art
CHOLMONDELAY
officiating. In her memory a tree will be planted at the daughter's
residence and her so cherished Summer Cottage: called "Mienke's
Meadow". Memorial donations to a charity of your choice are gratefully
acknowledged.
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