Posted on 12/08/2004 8:08:20 AM PST by Conservative Canuck
OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's special operations military unit, Joint Task Force 2, has been awarded the U.S. Presidential Unit Citation for heroism in battle.
It's just the second Canadian military unit to receive the honour. U.S. President George W. Bush made the presentation in California to the American commander of the multinational force in Afghanistan of which JTF-2 was a part from October 2001 to April 2002. The citation, first awarded after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on Dec. 7, 1941, is given to units of the United States and allied nations "for extraordinary heroism in actions against an armed enemy."
"The unit must display such gallantry, determination and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions as to set it apart and above other units participating in the same campaign."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnews.canoe.ca ...
Someone said the Canadians had some damned good sharp shooters...
A Canadian sniper took out a Taliban in the Tora Bora at a range of 2.5 klicks.
Our snipers also saved the butts of the 101st Airborne regiment when they were pinned down. But our gov't would never broadcast that, because our soldiers 'don't kill'. Or something like that....
To all the Canadians who care:
A heartfelt thanks from this Yank.
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I care - thank you!
Thanks Yank, I also care.
Huh?
Just a ping.
Hi Ashamed Canadian:
I have a friend who is an officer in the Spanish Legion, who was in Iraq before PM Zapatero pulled the Spanish troops out. He told me (as well as several of his friends) that Spanish snipers killed around 26 terrorists in Iraq, but that it was kept quiet. Why? Because the Spanish gov't didn't want the people to know. So the media shut up.
Bump to our FRiends in Canada...
That was with a 50 cal. So far that's the record for the longest sniper shot. The first shot he knocked the sachel out of the terrorists hand. The second shot was the kill.
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